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‘Spinal Tap’ Legal Battle May Not Go All the Way to 11

Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest in Rob Reiner's “This is Spinal Tap.” — Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest in Rob Reiner's “This is Spinal Tap.”
Courtesy: Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal

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Edvard Pettersson

October 5, 2019, 1:16 AM UTC

The creators of “This is Spinal Tap” and Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group are close to settling a fight over profits from the 1984 cult classic.

“The parties appear to have reached a resolution in principle of the single remaining issue, subject to completing the documentation,” lawyers for the artists and UMG said in a filing Friday in federal court in Los Angeles. They said they expect to wrap up the settlement by Nov. 11.