‘This Is Spinal Tap’ creators set up licensing body to exclusively manage film’s rights
This Is Spinal Tap have set up a licensing body to exclusively manage the cult film’s rights.Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, creators of the iconic mockumentary, have set up a wholly-owned entity to manage the licensing of the film and all rights related to it.It comes after the film’s creators settled their rights dispute with French media group Vivendi and its StudioCanal division, in which Shearer alleged in a 2016 suit that despite decades of cult success, the creatives had received just $81 in merchandising income and $98 in musical sales income to show for their work on the 1984 film.The group alleged “Hollywood accounting” sins, Vivendi bungling trademark rights, and more. They demanded hundreds of