Bleecker Street has premiered the first proper trailer for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the sequel to the iconic 1980s mockumentary film “This is Spinal Tap”. The trailer is online following Reiner premiering it at Comic Con this afternoon.
Filmmaker Rob Reiner returns to direct the film which sees England’s sauciest heavy metal band – David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) all back.
Reiner himself will reprise his role of documentarian Martin ‘Marty’ Di Bergi. The original was released to critical acclaim in 1984 and is one of the few selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
In the sequel, the band’s manager Ian Faith (Tony Hendra) has passed away and his widow inherits a contract that says Spinal Tap owed them one more concert and she will sue them if they don’t do it.
As a result the band, which hasn’t spent any time together recently, are thrown back together and are forced to deal with each other and play the concert in New Orleans.
Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will all appear, as will Paul Shaffer, Fran Drescher, Don Lake, John Michael Higgins, Nina Conti, Griffin Matthews, Kerry Godliman and Chris Addison.
“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” hits cinemas on September 12th.
