After all, prequels aren’t always exclusively dedicated to the past.
10Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus 2acts as a sequel and a prequel to the original 1993 movie.
The movie opens with a flashback to 1653, where the powerful Mother Witch takes in the Sanderson sisters.
She escapes to the forest rather than allow her sisters to be taken from her.
The movie then moves forward to 2022 and acts as a sequel to the Halloween family favorite.
In the prequel portion, Mickey Rourke returns as Marv, despite dying in the original film.
In the sequel storyline, Bruce Willis returns as a ghost, watching over Nancy Callahan.
In the prequel thread, Josh Brolin plays Dwight and takes place years before the firstSin Cityfilm.
Audiences finally meet Palmer as a vibrant young woman and meet those who supposedly care about her.
7300: Rise Of An Empire
Rise of an Empireis both a prequel and sequel to300.
The movie’s plot happens before, during, and after the events that transpired in300.
After his victory over Leonidas and his300, Persian King Xerxes prepared to move against the rest of Greece.
It also acts as a backstory for Xerxes, and how watching his father Darius die changed his outlook.
It also depicts the Battle of Artemisium that happened at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae.
Dean Winchester appears in the show despite the timeline taking place years before his birth.
Audiences ofSupernaturalnever witness this trip to the past, leading to one of the show’s biggest mysteries.
This leads him to the universe ofThe Winchesters, revealing that the show takes place in a different universe.
TheHannibalTV series also starts before Will Graham meets Hannibal, placing it years beforeRed Dragon.
The show has to play around the timeline becauseHannibalcouldn’t get the rights toSilence of the Lambsand its characters.
So essentially, the TV series is a prequel toRed Dragonand a sequel toHannibal Rising.
He works with his protege, Amanda Young, to give them a taste of their own medicine.
The horror movie is set a year beforeSaw IIand shows fans how Amanda took over the Jigsaw name.
The events ofSaw Xalso tie to earlier movies, especiallySaw IIIandSaw II, which take place a year.
The themes of the prequelSaw Xalso tie intoSaw VI, which depicts the corrupt medical systems of America.
This mind-bending comic book movie works to connect the prequel cast with the cast of the original trilogy.
This affects the whole timeline of X-Men, essentially rewriting the events of the original three movies.
At the end of theYoung Sheldonseason 1 finale, Adult Sheldon revealed in his narration that he has children.
He adds he is annoyed that he wasn’t allowed to give him the middle name Nimoy.
These flash-forward scenes slowly reveal Saul’s fate after things go wrong in New Mexico with Walter White.
In seasons 6 and 7, entire episodes are dedicated to the Gene timeline.
These flash-forwards occur the same year thatBreaking Badends and the year thatEl Caminotakes place.
