trilogy
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It is the first in a trilogy by Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of Bafta-nominated historical drama The Woman King.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
With “Harlem Shuffle,” Whitehead begins his crime trilogy in the 1960s in a furniture store with stylish midcentury stock whose owner, Ray Carney, is trying not to be a fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Yet I can’t call it one of Mr. Nolan’s best pictures; nor is it as satisfying as Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which constitutes perhaps its nearest contemporary equivalent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Staying at welterweight may keep the door ajar for a trilogy with McGregor but he remains untested in the division and would need to jump over more hurdles to get close to the title conversation.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Everyone in the Annex except Mr. van Daan and Peter has read the Hungarian Rhapsody trilogy, a biography of the composer, piano virtuoso and child prodigy Franz Liszt.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
He wrote more than two dozen books, including Cold War spy trilogies and World War II nonfiction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
As trilogies go, Friday's third instalment of the Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano rivalry at New York's Madison Square Garden doesn't add up, but still makes all the sense in the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
Series like “The Mandalorian” and “Ahsoka” are set between the events of the original and sequel trilogies, while “Andor” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” take place between the events of the prequel and original trilogies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
"For all the scope and detail lovingly packed into the two trilogies, the vast, complex and dazzling universe dreamed up by J.R.R. Tolkien remains largely unexplored on film," Warner Bros.
From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2023
Smaller men than he, since Wagner's death, have written trilogies and dreamed of theatres and festivals devoted to performances of their works.
From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
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