The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 12, 2025 by Bleecker Street. The first official trailer published on July 24, 2025, featured Paul McCartney and Elton John.[3]
Premise
Set around forty years after the first film, film director Martin Di Bergi creates another video documentary of the reunion and final show of the legendary rock band Spinal Tap, consisting of Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls.[4]
On a budget of $22.6 million (before tax incentives),[2] filming began in New Orleans in March 2024,[8] with Questlove and Trisha Yearwood included among the cameo appearances.[9]Fran Drescher was announced at the end of March to be reprising her role as Bobbi Flekman, with John Michael Higgins and Chris Addison among the new additions to the cast.[10]Paul Shaffer, who played inept promo man Artie Fufkin in the original film, was also announced as being in the cast. Unlike Drescher, who was confirmed to be reprising Bobbi Flekman, it was not revealed if Shaffer would be reprising his earlier role.
Live concert footage was filmed at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, in August 2025.[11]
Release
In July 2024, Reiner estimated that the film would be released in "late spring or early summer" of 2025 through Warner Bros. Pictures as a potential theatrical distributor.[12] In March 2025, Bleecker Street announced their acquisition of U.S. rights to Spinal Tap II, now subtitled The End Continues, as well as its predecessor, with a teaser revealing a theatrical release date of September 12, 2025.[13] In April 2025, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, which already held international free television and AVoD syndication rights to the original, acquired all international rights to both films.[14]
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