sequel
Next chapter's film
A sequel is a work that continues a previous story: The sequel picks up where the first film left off.
The word implies following in sequence—a book, movie, or game that extends an earlier narrative.
More broadly, sequel means any continuation or consequence: Bankruptcy was the sequel to years of mismanagement.
The adjective form is sequelized when something gets turned into a franchise.
Enormously successful entertainment property
- trilogyThree linked creative works
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- spinoffDerived work from original
installment · cliffhanger · boxoffice · premiere · trailer · screenplay · director · cinematography
Act of proceeding further
- follow-upSubsequent action on something
- epilogueConcluding literary section
- chapterDivision of a book
- volumeAmount of space filled
part · installment · series · storyline · plotline · saga · chronicle · arc
Sequential forward movement
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- chainLinked segments forming length
- successionFollowing in order
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
lineage · continuity · extension · string · series · order · following
Results following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- aftereffectsDelayed secondary consequences
- outcomeFinal result of events
result · legacy · impact · ramifications · residue · upshot · ripple · backlash
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
- trilogyThree linked creative works
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- rebootCycle power intentionally
spinoff · installment · cliffhanger · boxoffice · premiere · trailer · screenplay · director · cinematography · soundtrack
continuation
Act of proceeding further
volume · part · installment · series · storyline · plotline · saga · chronicle · arc · tale
progression
Sequential forward movement
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- chainLinked segments forming length
- successionFollowing in order
inheritance · lineage · continuity · extension · string · series · order · following
aftermath
Results following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- aftereffectsDelayed secondary consequences
outcome · result · legacy · impact · ramifications · residue · upshot · ripple · backlash · blowback
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
- Novelsnovel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- HollywoodHollywood, Tinseltown, Hollywood Sign, silver screen, movie stars
- prosenovel, novels, short story, novellas, essay
sequelprequel
Later work, earlier setting
prelude · prologue · foreword · backstory · introduction
sequeloriginal
First or inventive
source material · prototype · debut · pilot · first edition
- dream sequenceFictional portrayal of slumber's imagery
- DNA sequenceOrdered nucleotide chain
- start up sequence
- launch sequencePre-liftoff procedural steps
- credit sequenceFilm's attribution roll
- title sequenceCredits shown at beginning
sequence, consequence, consequences, subsequent, subsequently, sequential, consequent, inconsequential, sequels