That trend will continue in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, where the band gets together after decades of being estranged for one final show. Rob Reiner confirmed to CinemaBlend that he leaned on the advice of some of his famous friends, like Paul McCartney (who appears in the sequel), for some insight into that experience.

Reiner came to learn that the project had been shopped around to several studios years earlier, all of whom passed. So The Princess Bride was on hold, and Reiner wound up making his next movie, Stand by Me,

Rob Reiner revealed that he agreed to take his The Bear Season 4 role based on the advice of an unexpected acting legend.

From fantasy finales to animated spinoffs, here's a quick breakdown of the biggest Comic-Con 2025 announcements, grouped by genre for easy reading.

The filmmaker and actor also gives props to Elton John while previewing the long-awaited upcoming sequel, "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues."

One of 2025's most anticipated TV titles is Alien: Earth, an Alien prequel series from Fargo 's Noah Hawley. Lucky Comic-Con attendees got to watch the very first episode of the show, which follows a group of hybrid soldiers (human consciousnesses in synthetic bodies) on a mission to investigate a Weyland-Yutani ship that's crash-landed on Earth.

Join WBEZ for an evening with two-time Emmy Award–winning actor and director Rob Reiner at Music Box Theatre on Wednesday, September 17 to celebrate the release of A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever,

Molly Gordon isn't exactly an Annie Wilkes truther... but she does think that there's more to the villain of Stephen King 's 1987 horror novel Misery — and Rob Reiner 's 1990 film adaptation — than meets the eye.