Second Takes -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Redefining the Sequel: The Case of the (Living) Dead -- 2. Of "True" Sequels: The Four Daughters Movies,or the Series That Wasn't -- 3. Sequel-Ready Fiction: After Austen's Happily Ever After -- 4. Before and After,Before Before and After: Godfather I, II, and III -- 5. Sequelizing Hollywood:" The American "Smart" Film -- 6. From Remake to Sequel: Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve -- 7. Decent Burial or Miraculous Resurrection: Serenity, Mourning, and Sequels to Dead Television Shows -- 8. Prequel: The "Afterwardsness" of the Sequel -- 9. Circulations:Technology and Discourse in The Ring Intertex -- 10. Sequelizing the Superhero: Postmillennial Anxiety and Cultural "Need" -- 11. Before and After and Right Now: Sequels in the Digital Era -- 12. Sequelizing Spectatorship and Building Up the Kingdom: The Case of Pirates of the Caribbean, Or,How a Theme-Park Attraction Spawned a Multibillion-Dollar Film Franchise -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.