It’s Spinal Tap II, a sequel to the 1984 comedy This Is Spinal Tap, is set to hit the silver screen in 2024, with Rob Reiner returning to the director's chair.The sequel to the cult classic mockumentary will reunite the original stars of the film, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean.The movie will be the first release from Castle Rock Entertainment's revived film division, Deadline reported on Thursday.
The latest:It’s Spinal Tap II, a sequel to the 1984 comedy This Is Spinal Tap, is set to hit the silver screen in 2024, with Rob Reiner returning to the director's chair. (L-R) Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Reiner were seen in a still from the original filmThe premise of the film follows the faux English heavy metal trio of Derek Smalls (Shearer), Nigel Tufnel (Guest) and David St.
Hubbins (McKean), with Reiner reprising his role as filmmaker Marty DiBergi.Reiner, 75, told Deadline that there has been demand for the sequel for years, but it wasn't until he, Shearer, Guest and McKean conceived a strong concept for the sequel that he decided to move forward. '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?"' he said. '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 honor the first one and push it a little further with the story.' The premise of the film follows the faux English heavy metal trio of Derek Smalls (Shearer), Nigel Tufnel (Guest) and David St.
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