retelling

retelling

1. present participle and gerund of retell

retelling (plural retellings)

1. A new, changed, or adapted version of a story.

   The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.

   • 2001, Kenneth L. Woodward, The Book of Miracles:

     Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.

   • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-04-13:

     Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.