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The movie is a modernized retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and served as Channing Tatum’s breakout role.
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Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
In the irreverent retelling set in the 18th century, Turpin is the most famous but least likely of highway robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2024
Song of the South, from which Splash Mountain would take its inspiration, was a retelling of stories cataloged by the white writer Joel Chandler Harris in the 1880s.
—Bethanee Bemis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
Adventures is ostensibly a loose retelling of the events of the first entry in the series, Horizon Zero Dawn, which depicts a post-apocalyptic world overrun by robotic wildlife where tribes of humans are in a state of perpetual conflict until Aloy (voiced by Ashly Burch), arises as a new messiah.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
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Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
In the irreverent retelling set in the 18th century, Turpin is the most famous but least likely of highway robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2024
Song of the South, from which Splash Mountain would take its inspiration, was a retelling of stories cataloged by the white writer Joel Chandler Harris in the 1880s.
—Bethanee Bemis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
Adventures is ostensibly a loose retelling of the events of the first entry in the series, Horizon Zero Dawn, which depicts a post-apocalyptic world overrun by robotic wildlife where tribes of humans are in a state of perpetual conflict until Aloy (voiced by Ashly Burch), arises as a new messiah.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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