Four decades after rocking the world with This Is Spinal Tap, director Rob Reiner reunites with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited follow-up to the iconic rock mockumentary which sees Spinal Tap reuniting for a farewell gig, complete with support from the likes of Paul […]
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues first-look images tease the final concert
Bleecker Street has officially unveiled three images for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Rob Reiner’s long-awaited sequel to the 1984 cult classic mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, which offers a first look at bandmates David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) as they reunite for one final […]
Blu-ray Review – For Your Consideration (2006)
For Your Consideration, 2006. Directed by Christopher Guest. Starring Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, and Fred Willard. SYNOPSIS: Christopher Guest’s hilarious Hollywood send-up For Your Consideration, which does to Tinseltown what This is Spinal Tap did to heavy metal […]
Production begins on cameo-laden This is Spinal Tap sequel
Get ready to turn those amplifiers up to eleven once more because Spinal Tap are set for a comeback tour in the form of a sequel to the 1984 cult classic, This is Spinal Tap. According to Deadline the forty-years in the making follow-up has already begun production in New Orleans, with Rob Reiner returning […]
Spinal Tap turn it up to II with sequel to cult classic
The band is getting back together, as Rob Reiner has announced that filmmaker Marty DiBergi is set to catch up with David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel of the legendary rock band Spinal Tap for a sequel to 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap. Spinal Tap II is being produced through Reiner’s newly-relaunched Castle […]
Seth Green and more join Netflix’s National Lampoon biopic
Casting continues on the National Lampoon biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture, with more actors joining the ranks of the new Netflix film. Seth Green is the latest name to join the cast, with the Family Guy actor set to play Christopher Guest, co-creator of The Is Spinal Tap. Rick Glassman (Undateable) has signed on to play the […]
Christopher Guest to reunite with regular acting talent for Mascots
Writer-director Christopher Guest (A Mighty Wind) is to reunite with most of his regular line-up of actors and comedians for his new Netflix feature Mascots, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Mascots is the latest in a long-line of “mockumentaries” made by Guest, the most recent being 2006’s For Your Consideration. THR’s sources have suggested that […]
Netflix snaps up Christopher Guest’s new film Mascots
The Wrap is reporting that Netflix is continuing its investment in new feature films with news that the online subscription service has acquired “mockumentary” comedy Mascots. The film is directed by Christopher Guest (This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind) and tells the story of the World Mascot Championships, in the similar mockumentary style as […]
