‘Spinal Tap 2’ Trailer: ‘The End Continues’ Begins…

The
greatest
(or
at
least
the
loudest)
band
of
the ’80s
finally
has
a
new
movie. Spinal
Tap
II:
The
End
Continues
is
the
long-awaited
sequel
to
1984’s This
Is
Spinal
Tap,
one
of
the
funniest
films
of
the
’80s,
and
maybe
ever.

The
new
film
features
all
three
original
members
of

Spinal
Tap
— David
St.
Hubbins,
Nigel
Tufnel,
and
Derek
Smalls
(Michael
McKean,
Christopher
Guest,
and
Harry
Shearer)
—
reuniting
for
one
final
concert,
while filmmaker
Marty
Di
Bergi
(Rob
Reiner)
documents
the
reunion,
just
as
he
did
decades
ago
in
the
original
film.

You
can
see
the
first
trailer
for
the
sequel
below.
I
think
we
can
all
agree,
it’s
as
if
no
time
at
all
has
passed.

(Okay
that
is
clearly
not
true.
In
fact,
that’s
largely
the
joke
of
the
whole
thing…)

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Here
is
the
film’s
official
synopsis:

Forty-one
years
after
the
release
of
the
groundbreaking
mockumentary
This
Is
Spinal
Tap,
the
now
estranged
bandmates
David
St.
Hubbins,
Nigel
Tufnel,
and
Derek
Smalls
(Michael
McKean,
Christopher
Guest,
and
Harry
Shearer)
are
forced
to
reunite
for
one
final
concert.
Spinal
Tap
II:
The
End
Continues
also
marks
the
resurrection
of
documentarian
Marty
Di
Bergi
(Rob
Reiner),
who
once
again
tries
to
capture
his
favorite
metal
gods
as
they
contemplate
mortality—and
the
hope
that
their
12th
drummer
doesn’t
join
them
in
The
Great
Beyond.
Joined
by
music
royalty
Paul
McCartney
and
Elton
John,
Spinal
Tap
wrestles
with
their
checkered
past
to
put
on
a
concert
that
they
hope
will
solidify
their
place
in
the
pantheon
of
rock
’n’
roll.

Spinal
Tap
II:
The
End
Continues is
scheduled
to
open
in
theaters
on September
12.
It
will
be
very
hard
for
this
movie
to
come
close
to
matching
the
original Spinal
Tap. But
I
hope
it
does
it.