The first clip from the long awaited Spinal Tap 2 film has been shared.
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The movie is a follow-up to the beloved 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap – based on rock band Spinal Tap, and it is been considered to be one of the greatest comedy films of all time. It stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer portraying the hapless heavy metal trio, all of whom are set to return to the second film.
Earlier this year, a short teaser trailer for Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues was released, which sees someone cranking up an amp to 11 – a reference to the first movie’s iconic phrase – and then infinity.
Now, a new clip has been shared by director Rob Reiner, who plays the mockumentary filmmaker Marty DiBergi, in which The Thick Of It star Chris Addison plays a music executive and advises the band that “at least one, but ideally two of you, would die” in an upcoming farewell concert. In a separate promo teaser, Reiner’s character also attempts a group Zoom call with the band, which ends in disaster. You can view both below.
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The sequel is also set to feature cameos from Elton John, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.
Last year in an interview with Empire, Reiner shared what singer David St. Hubbins, guitarist Nigel Tufnel and bassist Derek Smalls have been up to following the disbandment of Spinal Tap.
The sequel was first revealed in 2022, with Reiner at the time telling NME: We never thought we would do a sequel. It was only because we started to talk to each other and we came up with an idea we think might work – we don’t know it will. We’re going to try. The bar is incredibly high. We debated whether or not we should do it… I said, ‘Look at us, we’re all in our 70s. How much time are we going to have [left] to have some fun?’”
The director also accepted that there were a lot of Spinal Tap fans out there who were worried it might be terrible. “You don’t want us to cock it up!” he added. “That’s the thing: we wouldn’t try unless we thought we had something that could work.”
It is expected to come out on September 12 this year in the US, with a UK premiere yet to be announced.
