This Is Spinal Tap sequel set for release in 2024, reveals director Rob Reiner
Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest will return as the infamous British rock band 40 years after the original film
Plans for a sequel to the iconic 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap have been revealed.
Spinal Tap II will see director Rob Reiner return alongside stars Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest as the British rock band, playing David St Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.
Speaking to Deadline, Reiner – who appears as filmmaker Marty DiBergi in the first film and will reprise his role in the sequel – said that the new movie will be released on 19 March 2024.
“The plan is to do a sequel that comes out on the 40th anniversary of the original film and I can tell you hardly a day goes by without someone saying, why don’t you do another one?” said the director.
“For so many years, we said, "Nah’. It wasn’t until we came up with the right idea of how to do this. You don’t want to just do it, to do it. You want to honour the first one and push it a little further with the story.”
Reiner explained the concept of the new film further, saying that it will revolve around the fact that the band are due to play one last show.
“They’ve played Albert Hall, played Wembley Stadium, all over the country and in Europe. They haven’t spent any time together recently, and that became the premise,” said Reiner.
“The idea was that Ian Faith, who was their manager, he passed away. In reality, Tony Hendra [who played the manager in the first film] passed away [in 2021]. Ian’s widow inherited a contract that said Spinal Tap owed them one more concert. She was basically going to sue them if they didn’t. All these years and a lot of bad blood we’ll get into and they’re thrown back together and forced to deal with each other and play this concert.”
Earlier this month Ric Parnell, who played Mick Shrimpton, drummer of Spinal Tap, died aged 70.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/spinal-tap-sequel-2024-b2077903.html
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Re: This Is (Still) Spinal Tap
Obviously, a cynical cash-in...
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Apparently the plot revolves round the passing away of the bands manager. The widow threatens to sue unless they get back together to play one more concert to settle debts.
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I had read the synopsis on the Planet Rock website before the OP here.
Many murder mysteries on TV have had a similar theme of rock bands getting back together after decades apart and I wonder if this could be a spoof. Suzi Quatro appeared in the Midsummer Murders one, electrocuted on stage.
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