rerelease
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of rerelease
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Lionsgate has changed the actor’s hand placement on the poster for “La La Land” as the studio prepares to rerelease the Academy Award-winning musical to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
With his back against the wall, Walt decided to rerelease “Snow White” in theaters, seven years after its 1937 debut—hoping to generate income without incurring new production expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The conversation then turned to The Beatles’ “Anthology,” which just saw an album and docuseries update and rerelease for its 30th anniversary.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
When distributors rerelease movies in theaters, on streaming services or on DVD, they may be required to resubmit the films to the ratings board.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
In a surprise, No. 2 at the box office went to the Walt Disney Co. rerelease of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.”
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
But what an ideal moment for a film like “I Shot Andy Warhol” to be restored and rereleased, when Solanas’ life and words deserve the complex reconsideration that Harron’s movie affords them.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Yet Segal was as fascinated by her origin story as anyone else, and it profoundly informs the books she wrote and that have appeared or been rereleased in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
It has been rereleased this year, reigniting a debate around its portrayal of Africa and the role of UK charities.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
He predicted the feature will be rereleased in a few weeks.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
Only two albums are yet to be rereleased: her debut, “Taylor Swift,” which came out in 2006, and 2017’s “Reputation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Lionsgate is rereleasing its blockbuster “Twilight” movie series, which ran from 2008 to 2012, in theaters beginning Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Tech tools like digital watermarking, AI art and the uniting ethos of the blockchain, he said, go well beyond rereleasing albums to remaking an artist’s work in the present tense.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022
"My agency computed that I would accrue, conservatively, $400,000 if I did the novelization. In contrast, if we went the route of rereleasing the original novel, I would make about $12,500."
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2022
In Japan, they put out the score, and now that we’re rereleasing the film and have a beautiful new master and transfer, it just seemed like, “Why don’t we put out that score?”
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2020
And not long after, he instituted the idea of rereleasing the features every five years — which ultimately brought prodigious profits.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2015
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