English

Verb

retelling

1. present participle of retell

Noun

retelling ‎(plural retellings)

1. A second or subsequent telling.

   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 (Please provide the title of the work):

     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.