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Spinal Tap II, a direct sequel to legendary rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, has been announced.The 1984 film, which produced numerous quotable scenes – including exploding drummers, “it’s such a fine line between stupid and clever” and amps that “go up to 11″ – will now see its 40th anniversary marked with more tales of rock cliché and questionable song titles.Reiner will direct the sequel and return as filmmaker Marty DiBergi, while David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) also return to perform as the brash English band.“The plan is to do a sequel that comes out on the 40th anniversary of the original film and I can tell you hardly a day goes by without someone saying, ‘Why don’t you do another one?'” Reiner told Deadline following the announcement.“For so many years, we said, ‘nah.’ It wasn’t until we came up with the right idea how to do this.

National Lampoon and film This Is Spinal Tap, has died aged 79.As the New York Times reports, Hendra died on Thursday (March 4) from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which he was diagnosed with back in 2019.Hendra began writing and performing comedy while studying at Cambridge University.

Tony Hendra, the British satirist and National Lampoon alumnus who played the band manager on This Is Spinal Tap, died Thursday in Yonkers, New York.He was 79. Hendra’s wife Carla confirmed his death to The New York Times, citing the cause as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

READ MORE: Bill Turnbull reacts to Breakfast clip as viewer calls for his returnAs well as this, he appeared in the Whoopi Goldberg comedy Jumpin' Jack Flash and television shows Miami Vice and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Tony was born in Middlesex, England in 1941, but mostly worked in America.

British satirist Tony Hendra, who starred in "This is Spinal Tap" as Ian Faith, has died. He was 79.

tweeted in memorializing Hendra’s death.Hendra got his start in the early 1960s as a member of the Cambridge University Footlights review, appearing on stage with future Monty Python stars John Cleese and Graham Chapman.He moved to the U.S. in 1964 and — with his comedy partner Nick Ullett — opened for the legendary Lenny Bruce in Greenwich Village.Hendra was most prolific as a comedy writer.

Tony Hendra, the British humorist and National Lampoon alumnus who played the blundering This Is Spinal Tap band manager responsible for delivering both the tiny Stonehenge and one of the film’s greatest sight gags, died Thursday of Lou Gehrig’s disease in Yonkers, NY. He was 79.

The New York Times. He was first diagnosed with the condition in 2019.He got his start at Cambridge University in the ’60s and worked alongside John Cleese and Graham Chapman and others just before Monty Python would hit it big.More to come…

Natalie Oganesyan editorTony Hendra, the British satirist and comic whose roles included top editing positions at magazines such as National Lampoon and Spy and a part in musical mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” died on Thursday in Yonkers, N.Y.