reprise
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The demand for a follow-up by this new wave of fans helped convince Bullock and Kidman to reprise their roles nearly 30 years on, they say.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprise their roles as two cursed sisters in this unfortunate follow-up to their 1998 film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The original cast of Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas will reprise their roles for the feature film, with production starting on Monday.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The producers then asked her if she would reprise her superhero for a new generation of kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
He read my ticket and then went through a reprise of the just-the-facts interrogation he had administered that afternoon in the Watch Commander’s Office.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Appearing together in the same film for a second time this summer, Holland reprises the role alongside his wife Zendaya, who stars once again as MJ.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Dwayne Johnson reprises his role as demigod Maui, while the titular heroine will be played by newcomer Catherine Laga’aia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Fans entering Burke’s show were greeted by a casket and guest book, where they could pay condolences to a character Burke sometimes reprises in his performances and music videos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Anya Taylor-Joy reprises her role as Princess Peach, and Wednesday star Luis Guzmán plays Wart - the main enemy from 1988 NES game Super Mario Bros 2.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
The clear value, reprises deducted, yearly, £5 13s. 10d.,” with “goods, chattels and ornaments worth £1 10s.”
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter
Hottle played a young orphan named Jia in the monster film series, and reprised the role in the 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
She reprised the show on Broadway two decades later, but for the latest iteration, presented by Lincoln Center Theater off-Broadway, Ms. Goldberg is staying offstage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
His charisma made him a worthy inheritor to the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in stage productions of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which he reprised several times over the years.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The gentle Douglas Gilmour—legal guardian of Patience and a colleague of her late policeman father—is reprised by the very welcome Adrian Rawlins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The bathers passed and reprised with little concern, while the corpse continued extended on the shore, not twenty yards from the Steine.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Mary Robinson
The fourth series he’s produced this year, this “Yellowstone” spinoff has Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprising their roles and doing battle against a rival rancher in South Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Even with all four main players from the original cast reprising their roles, and Aline Brosh McKenna and David Frankel returning to write and direct, respectively, none of this merit was guaranteed.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
And in “Giant,” John Lithgow, reprising his Olivier Award-winning performance, portrays the author in all his dyspeptic glory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Disney also played clips from The Devil Wears Prada 2, with Meryl Streep reprising her role as ice cold fashion editor Miranda Priestly.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
"Then through here—" Miss Avery continued passing and reprising through the hall.
From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
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