reboot
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"Modern Warfare 4" was developed by American studio Infinity Ward, which was behind the original 2003 series and the 2019 reboot of the "Modern Warfare" sub-series.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Speaking to Bustle recently, another star of the show, Chris Colfer, admitted that any such reboot would be difficult following the death of Naya Rivera, who played Glee club favourite Santana Lopez.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
He holds monthly strategy sessions with other top laundromat content creators, and said the genre is undergoing a reboot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Thursday’s event in Texas was actually a reboot of sorts for the Roadster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Right now his brain is beyond short-circuited, and I’m realizing that he’s going to need a full reboot if he’s going to make it out of this situation alive.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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After 20 or so reboots, I reached the dock, and safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The 1993 blockbuster dominated his filmography and sparked a series of sequels and reboots - including the recent Jurassic World series, in which he reprised his role as palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
These reboots in his name — on which, it should be said, he is a producer — somewhat demean his legacy by reducing “Evil Dead” to a viscera delivery device.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The path these men blazed led to the endless sequels and prequels, remakes and reboots, churned out by the corporate-owned, IP-obsessed studios of the 2020s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Director Fede Álvarez reboots the franchise for a new generation by deftly blending the horror of the first movie with the adrenaline-spiking action of the second, along with a little too much goofy fan service.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
Some OpenAI developers hacked the site to get 200 water bottles, so it had to be rebooted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
DC Studios rebooted its cinematic universe with last year's well-received Superman, which followed a string of underperforming movies based on the comic company's collection of heroes and villains.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Netflix rebooted the animated series with “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” in 2021, and the Masters of the Universe toys were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
While there’s no doubt the boycott irreversibly shifted public perception of the franchise in its rebooted state, “Scream 7” managed a record-breaking opening weekend gross of $63.6 million, the franchise’s largest before inflation is adjusted.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Brightbill hugged his mother’s face as her computer brain rebooted.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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“I met with Russell to talk about ‘Doctor Who’ when he was first rebooting it and we’ve been trying to work together ever since,” Cumming says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Kris is a queer filmmaker taking on the task of reclaiming the slasher horror film-within-the-film, “Camp Miasma,” rebooting it for the queer community to no longer be appalled by.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Featuring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, Jane Schoenbrun’s meta-horror movie follows a young filmmaker rebooting a slasher franchise who connects with its original star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Even more frightening is the fact he's rebooting for version 2.0.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Just a maintenance tech here, folks, heading home after a long night of rebooting routers.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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