By Castle Rock Entertainment has announced that Elton John, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood have joined the cast of the sequel to the 1984 cult classic “This Is Spinal Tap”.
England’s sauciest heavy metal band – David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) – all return along with Rob Reiner as the documentarian Martin ‘Marty’ Di Bergi.
Tony Hendra, who played the band’s manager Ian Faith, has passed away. The story begins hen Ian’s 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 forced to deal with each other and play this concert.
Production on the film recently began in New Orleans, Louisiana and it’s expected other cameos are being kept under wraps. Reiner, Michele Reiner, and Matthew George are producing.
The original was released to critical acclaim in 1984 and is one of the few selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
Source: Castle Rock Entertainment
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