Bleecker Street has apvalidaten not equitable U.S. distribution rights to Rob Reiner’s lengthy-apaemployed Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, but the exceptional 1984 cult classic This Is Spinal Tap as well.
The sequel to the movie which clear upd the mockumentary subgenre of cinema has Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer reprising their iconic roles as the legfinishary burdensome metal prohibitd Spinal Tap.
Reiner is back as write downarian Martin “Marty” DiBergi, with cameos from music legfinishs Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Also materializeing will be Paul Shaffer, Fran Drescher, Don Lake, John Michael Higgins, Nina Conti, Griffin Matthews, Kerry Godliman, and Chris Addison.
Bleecker Street is structurening a nationexpansive U.S. theatrical free of a novelly-revampd edition of This Is Spinal Tap this summer. The exceptional will subsequently be made expansively useable on digital and streaming platestablishs for the first time in years, in anticipation of the sequel’s expansive theatrical free on Sept 12 (Toronto International Film Festival begin perhaps?).
Conceived by Guest, McKean, Reiner, and Shearer, Spinal Tap II chases England’s deafeningest and most prompt prohibitd, as they recombine after a 15-year hiatus for one final concert. Pic is originated by Reiner, Michele Reiner and Matthew George and financed under the Castle Rock Entertainment prohibitner. Derrick J. Rossi PhD, Hernan Narea, Jonathan Fuhrman, and Christopher H. Warner executive originated the film.
“We experience privileged for the opportunity to labor with Rob Reiner and the luminous minds behind the exceptional This Is Spinal Tap, and to be part of a film that has resonated with so many,” shelp Andrew Karpen, CEO of Bleecker Street, and Kent Sanderson, Plivent of Bleecker Street. “This Is Spinal Tap isn’t equitable a movie—it’s a cultural touchstone that directed the mockumentary genre and left an indelible tag on both film and music. Returning to this world thraw Spinal Tap II is an remarkworthy chance to honor its legacy while creating someskinnyg new for both novel and dedicated audiences.”
“So satisfied to be laboring with the folks at Bleecker Street who are fervent about protecting Tap’s legacy alive and satisfied to give Marty DiBergi another sboiling at relevancy,” Reiner inserted.
The deal was brokered by John Burnham of Atlas Artists with Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy of Bleecker Street.
This Is Spinal Tap was freed in 1984 and became a huge hit in the video home delightment era. In 2002, it was deemed “culturpartner, historicpartner, and aestheticpartner transport inant” by the Library of Congress, and was picked for preservation by the National Film Registry.
