rerelease

present singular third person rereleases · participle present rereleasing · participle past rereleased · past rereleased

1. To release (a film, video game, etc.) again.

   For example, in 1926 MGM's desire to rerelease their 1921 hit The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse led to discussions between Hays and the German ambassador.

   2000, Matthew Bernstein, Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era

plural rereleases

1. A rereleased item.

   That film deserves a rerelease; it didn't get much attention when it first came out.

   1 more example

   In the fall of 2016, Mike Judge's 2006 comedy film Idiocracy appeared in select theaters across the United States. Ostensibly a ten-year-anniversary event, the rerelease also happened to coincide with Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and the impending U.S. election.

   2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 39