sequelize

American  

[see-kwuh-lahyz] / ˈsi kwəˌlaɪz /

verb (used with object)

sequelized, sequelizing

1. to make a sequel to.

   to sequelize a hit movie.

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Etymology

Origin of sequelize

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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sequelized sequelizing

Yet hurts can be transformed and perhaps transcended, maybe even sequelized.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

In 2013, the Hollywood Reporter declared the rom-com dead, "as studios increasingly focus on films that can be sequelized and play in overseas markets, the one-off, dialogue-dependent rom-coms are a difficult sell."

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2018

The 1998 espionage thriller, which starred Will Smith and Gene Hackman and was directed by Tony Scott, will be sequelized for ABC Studios, with original producer Jerry Bruckheimer returning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2016

Even as a master of genre and reinvention, Wes Craven was a filmmaker who could not be reimagined, rebooted, sequelized or re-created.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2015

Sandler’s only hit between the two Grown Ups episodes was Hotel Transylvania, an animated-feature comedy for which he provided the lead voice, and which of course is soon to be sequelized.

From Time ● Jul. 14, 2013

But Cruise has enlisted his own crack team to turn an otherwise ho-hum retread into a handsome, occasionally funny and smartly self-aware exercise in escapism that in many ways outperforms the classic it’s sequelizing.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022

In today’s movie business, nothing is safe from ongoing sequelizing, not even a story about the very necessity of letting go and making peace with the passage of time.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2019

The business of remaking and sequelizing is always going to be mostly that: a business.

From The Verge ● Feb. 12, 2019

The director insists he never even planned on sequelizing that foray into comic-book cinema, Batman Begins’ playing card Easter egg be damned.

From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2018