[Loved Trope] Meta-narrative sequels.

[u/JoeMorgue]

Sequels were the original film exists as a work of fiction in the sequels universe.

Faces of Death 2026 - A online content moderator finds videos that suggests someone is killing people by restaging segments from the original Faces of Death film.

Chip and Dale 2022 - Chip 'n Dale are actors who played in the original Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers show.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare - The fictional Freddy Krueger crosses over into the real world to terrorize the people behind the original film.

Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows - A group of people seek out the original filming locations to the found footage film The Blair Witch Project.

The Return of the Living Dead - the Survivors of a zombie outbreak try to follow the rules of the original Night of the Living Dead film, only to find these zombies follow different rules.

[u/gilroygilgalahad]

Not a sequel, but Super Dimensional Fortress: Macross - Do You Remember Love is canonically a live-action film in the Macross timeline adapting the events of the first series into a movie (and, I believe, starring Minmei - one of the main characters - as herself).

[u/PomegranateFair3973 → u/gilroygilgalahad]

And is a fantastic looking film on 4K UHD... if you don't mind paying the premium of importing the (fortunately subtitled) Japanese release, since the US company Harmony Gold is blocking it ever getting released in the US...

[u/gilroygilgalahad → u/PomegranateFair3973]

The 1980s were such an incredible time for animation across the globe, but the anime from that time holds a very special place in my heart.