Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Adaptation, fidelity & reimagining · Specialist

Remake

Also called: new version

ELI5

A new screen version of an earlier film or show.

Used in conversation

“Can we make the remake clearer in the next draft?”

Definition

A new screen version of an earlier film or programme.

Here “Remake” means: A new screen version of an earlier film or programme. Other meanings are stored as separate sense entries and must be chosen explicitly.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Remake” in story, structure & screenplay conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Helps describe how a story works on the page and how its dramatic parts fit together.

Connected terms

  • RebootA remake retells an earlier work; a reboot restarts or reconfigures a property for new continuation.
  • Television remakeThe search label “new version” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.