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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.

Directed by Rob Reiner, the film stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Questlove, and Chris Addison.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues opens in theaters September 12, 2025.
Transcript
00:00Hi, I'm Marty DeBerge.
00:04Forty years ago, I was honored to direct a film called
00:08This is Spinal Tap.
00:12The numbers all go to eleven. One louder.
00:16Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number
00:20and make that a little louder.
00:24These go to eleven.
00:28Pink Torpedo? That's literature.
00:32Yeah, yeah. Really?
00:34A lot has happened since the last time I saw you.
00:38Crypto! Have you been playing music at all?
00:40I play music. At a pub.
00:46This is the site of Spinal Tap's reunion concert.
00:50Why New Orleans? There was a cancellation.
00:52Who was supposed to be there?
00:54An evening with Stormy Daniels.
00:56Oh.
00:58Obviously, there'll be the regular merch.
01:00And Hope has had a rather brilliant idea.
01:02Tap water.
01:04It says artisan. It's just tap water.
01:06We're still short a drummer. What happened to him?
01:08He sneezed himself into oblivion.
01:10Is that medically possible?
01:12So, you think he might fill the bill?
01:14I don't want to die.
01:1612?
01:17Eleven.
01:18Eleven.
01:19Eleven.
01:20Drummers.
01:21The thing that you guys had as kids, is that still there?
01:24I'm in a band that constantly is breaking apart and coming back together.
01:30But the more we retreat into the music, the nicer things become.
01:34Not to be profound or anything.
01:36And it would be a first time for me.
01:38Stonehenge.
01:40Stonehenge.
01:41It is a magic place.
01:43Where the moon does rise with a dragon's face.
01:47Stonehenge.
01:48We have spinal attacks!
01:49We'll go back in time.
01:51To that mystic land.
01:55What we need to do is secure your legacy.
01:58If during the gig, at least one, but ideally no more than two of you, were to die...
02:05Would you settle for a coma?
02:07Oh, no, that's interesting.
02:08You know?
02:09That's a great bit of thinking outside.
02:11Well, the literal box, I suppose, actually.

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