noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ long-awaited
▪ forthcoming ( esp. BrE ), upcoming ( esp. AmE )
▪ inevitable
▪ direct
▪
The new movie is a direct ~ to the first, picking up the story where the original left off.
▪ worthy
▪
The result is a worthy ~ to the original book.
VERB + SEQUEL
▪ do , make , work on , write
▪
She was asked to make a ~ to ‘Peter Pan’.
▪ spawn
▪
The film has spawned five ~s to date.
SEQUEL + VERB
▪ come out
▪
The ~ came out this spring.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Some important new characters appear in the ~.
▪ ~ to