Harry Shearer sues French studio over Spinal Tap profits

Comedian Harry Shearer has sued a French film studio over tens of millions of dollars in profits he claims he and his co-creators are owed for creating the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

Shearer's lawsuit filed in a federal court in Los Angeles claims the French company Vivendi and its subsidiary StudioCanal withheld profits from the film, its music and its merchandise.