Paul McCartney, Elton John. Getty Pictures (2)
Manufacturing on the sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Faucet has formally begun with Elton John, Paul McCartney and extra celebs set to look.
Cowritten and directed by Reiner, This Is Spinal Faucet stars Christopher Visitor, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer because the fictional heavy steel band Spinal Faucet. A satire of the rock bands and the rock documentaries about them, This Is Spinal Faucet is now thought of a cult basic.
The long-awaited follow-up, This Is Spinal Faucet II, lately started filming in New Orleans, Selection reported on Monday, March 11, virtually precisely 40 years after the primary movie was launched on March 2, 1984.
On the time, Spinal Faucet marked Reiner’s directorial debut. Now, he’ll return to helm the sequel together with Visitor, McKean and Shearer, who will reprise their respective roles from the unique: guitarist Nigel Tufnel, frontman David St. Hubbins and bassist Derek Smalls. Reiner, for his half, will reprise his position because the documentarian Martin “Marty” DiBergi.
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“I lately spoke to Marty DiBergi who mentioned that he was more than pleased to take a sabbatical from his place as a visiting Professor’s Assistant on the Ed Wooden Faculty of Cinematic Arts to as soon as once more doc Spinal Faucet to make sure their place within the pantheon of Rock and Roll,” Reiner mentioned in an announcement.
Cameos from Questlove and Trisha Yearwood have been confirmed for the sequel, together with rock ‘n roll legends John and McCartney and nation icon Garth Brooks. Reiner confirmed the cameos from John, McCartney and Brooks on the “RHLSTP with Richard Herring” podcast in November 2023.
“We’re making a sequel,” Reiner mentioned on the time. “We’re gonna begin taking pictures on the finish of February. And everyone’s again. And Paul McCartney is becoming a member of us, and Elton John, and some different surprises. Garth Brooks.”
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This Is Spinal Faucet II — which, like the unique, was cowritten by Visitor, McKean, Reiner and Shearer — will comply with England’s loudest band as they reunite after 15 years aside for one final live performance.
“When it was introduced that Spinal Faucet would reunite for one last live performance, Marty DiBergi noticed this as an opportunity to make issues proper with the band who considered This Is Spinal Faucet as a hatchet job,” Reiner mentioned in a Could 2022 assertion by way of Leisure Weekly when the sequel was first introduced.
This Is Spinal Faucet II was initially slated for a March 19, 2024 premiere to coincide with the movie’s unique launch date. Nonetheless, manufacturing was delayed as a result of twin SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) strikes in 2023. A brand new launch date for Spinal Faucet II has not but been confirmed.
