In North America, it was released on 23 January 1998 by Columbia Pictures. The film premiered in the United Kingdom on 15 December 1997, ahead of its wide theatrical release on the British holiday Boxing Day (26 December). Shooting featured several fourteen-hour shooting sessions and a constant, heavy media presence due to the Spice Girls' then-large popularity. Filming took place in London for six of the eight filming weeks and also inside Twickenham Studios, as well as at over 40 famous British landmarks. Grant, Claire Rushbrook, Naoko Mori, Meat Loaf, Barry Humphries, and Alan Cumming in supporting roles, with cameo appearances by a number of British celebrities. This is the second feature-length film directed by Spiers, following That Darn Cat (1997).

The film-made in a similar vein to The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964)-depicts a series of fictional events leading up to a major concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, liberally interspersed with dream sequences and flashbacks as well as surreal moments and humorous asides, along with having an antagonist in the form of an overzealous newspaper editor who starts a smear campaign against the group in an attempt to destroy their reputation for his own benefit. The film stars pop girl group the Spice Girls, who all play themselves. Spice World is a 1997 British musical comedy film directed by Bob Spiers and written by Kim Fuller.

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