Posted on 05/14/2022 8:25:49 AM PDT by hoagy62
The band is getting back together.
A sequel is in the works to the 1984 rock mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap," with director Rob Reiner returning alongside stars Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer.
The movie package will launch sales at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It will be released on March, 19 2024, tied to the 40th anniversary of the original.
The sequel will be in the style of Martin Scorsese’s "The Last Waltz," the legendary concert documentary that followed the farewell tour of the Canadian American rock group The Band.
"Spinal Tap 2" will also feature real-life musicians in the film. No names have been revealed yet, but it will likely depend on the artists’ touring schedules.
"This Is Spinal Tap," which debuted on March 2, 1984, chronicled the lives of the fictional English heavy metal band members – played by McKean, Guest and Shearer – during their American tour. Reiner portrayed documentarian Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, and the film marked his directorial debut. McKean played David St. Hubbins, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist; Guest was Nigel Tufnel, the lead guitarist; and Shearer portrayed Derek Smalls, the band’s bassist.
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With modern DNA testing they could figure out whose vomit killed the second drummer.
True, but you still can't dust for vomit.
Well, when you can’t get anything new rolling, sequelize!
They need to include Fran Drescher as Bobbie Flekman, now head of ___________ Records.
I think he is retired, but Michael Caine would be good as their tough manager. Maybe Anthony Hopkins would do it.
I thought Micheal McKean was in bad shape from getting hit by a car in NYC a few years back. If I remember the story correctly. Glad he has recovered.
“It’s blowin’ peace and freedom. It’s blowin’ you and me.”
I think Ringo is available.😏
The braces-wearing wife in that couple played Dr. Smith in the Lost in Space reboot, and was fantastic. She brought that same undercurrent of “I’m right in the edge and may snap at any time” to the role. You never knew if she was actual helping the Robinsons or screwing them over at a given point, because she did both.
Yes, we enjoyed her in Lost in Space as well.
It is still one of the funniest movies ever made, IMHO. Don’t know if this sequel will be any good though. I have my doubts.
In ‘84, rock bands were still part of popular culture. Today, no one — not even me — remembers The Band.
More relevant would be about aging rappers.
It’s different days now; if reiner directs, expect some wokeness BS. I’ll pass.
I think too much time has passed. A sequel might have worked in the 90’s. Reiner was able to make the original essentially non-political - but I doubt he will be able to restrain himself this time.
Same here. We first saw it in a nearly empty theater during its initial release. The aging hippies in front of us had no idea if they should be amused or offended and kept flipping back and forth. Between them and the film, I could barely keep it together.
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