{"id":13170,"date":"2024-03-26T23:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13170"},"modified":"2024-04-20T23:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T23:26:59","slug":"return-of-the-armadillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/03\/26\/return-of-the-armadillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Return Of The Armadillo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/03\/this-is-spinal-tap-sequel-casts-fran-drescher-john-michael-higgins-more-1235868856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fran Drescher, John Michael Higgins, Griffin Matthews &amp; More Set For Roles In \u2018This Is Spinal Tap\u2019 Sequel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/author\/matthew-grobar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Grobar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is Spinal Tap Bobbi Flekman of Polymer Records\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gLkm-5opA10?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: After leading SAG-AFTRA through its latest round of negotiations with the AMPTP, guild President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fran-drescher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fran Drescher<\/a>\u00a0(<em>The Nanny<\/em>) has been set to join the sequel to 1984 cult classic\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/this-is-spinal-tap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Is Spinal Tap<\/a><\/em>, reprising her role as publicist Bobbi Flekman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other new additions to the cast include Don Lake (<em>The Bonnie Hunt Show<\/em>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/john-michael-higgins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Michael Higgins<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Best in Show<\/em>), Jason Acu\u00f1a (<em>Jackass<\/em>), Nina Conti (<em>Family Tree<\/em>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/griffin-matthews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Griffin Matthews<\/a>\u00a0(<em>The Flight Attendant<\/em>), Kerry Godliman (<em>After Life<\/em>), Chris Addison (<em>Veep<\/em>), comedian Brad Williams, and musician Paul Shaffer. Details as to the roles of these cast members are under wraps for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also now aboard the project are Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Lars Ulrich, Metallica\u2019s co-founder and drummer, who will make cameos. Production is currently underway in New Orleans, with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles as the legendary heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, under the direction of Rob Reiner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/03\/this-is-spinal-tap-sequel-casts-fran-drescher-john-michael-higgins-more-1235868856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Deadline<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Deadline Fran Drescher, John Michael Higgins, Griffin Matthews &amp; More Set For Roles In \u2018This Is Spinal Tap\u2019 Sequel By\u00a0Matt Grobar EXCLUSIVE: After leading SAG-AFTRA through its latest round of negotiations with the AMPTP, guild President\u00a0Fran Drescher\u00a0(The Nanny) has been set to join the sequel to 1984 cult classic\u00a0This Is Spinal Tap, reprising her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}