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This Is Spinal Tap sequel is made official!
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13 May 2022, 15:57
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Turn it up to eleven.
It has been confirmed that a sequel to the classic 1984 mockumetnary This Is Spinal Tap is in the works.
News reaches us that the much anticipated sequel to the most quoted comedy of all time - at least in rehearsal rooms, backstage areas, etc - will be released on March 19th, 2024. This, perhaps not accidentally, will mark the 40th anniversary of the original film. The sequel, says Variety, '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.
It is said that Spinal Tap 2, as we're calling it for now, will also feature real-life musicians in the film. No names have been revealed yet, but please don't let it be rubbish ones like Steps.
Speaking to Deadline, director Rob Reiner said; “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? For so many years, we said, ‘nah’. It wasn’t until we came up with the right idea 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.”
The original film chronicled the lives of the fictional English heavy metal band - played by Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer - during an American tour. Reiner portrayed documentarian Martin “Marty” Di Bergi, and the film marked his directorial debut.
In 2002, This Is Spinal Tap was recognised as 'culturally, historically or aesthetically significant', and inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
All together now, <taps mic>, 'this piece is called ‘Lick My Love Pump.’
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