It’s safe to say that of all the movie remakes, reboots and sequels happening right now, Trainspotting seems like a rather unlikely candidate for follow-up.
Danny Boyle‘s 1996 heroin-fuelled film, which features stars Ewan McGregor (Renton) and Robert Carlyle (Begbie) along with their junkie friends trying to “make it” in the Edinburgh drug scene, is a window into the time period, when clubs and designer drugs were at their pinnacle.
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Originally a book by Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting doesn’t have a written sequel, so there isn’t any foundation for Boyle to build on. There is, however, a 2012 written prequel to Trainspotting called Skagsboys, also penned by Welsh.
It’s not clear if the director will be making a prequel based on Skagsboys, and all indications are that the released teaser trailer is for a sequel. Titled T2, it’ll be coming to theatres on Jan. 27, 2017.
Boyle advertises that the original cast — McGregor, Carlyle, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller — will all be reprising their roles, even though it’s been nearly 20 years since the original hit theatres.
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Production begins on May 16, according to the trailer.
There have been rumours circulating for years that Trainspotting was going to get a sequel, and now here it is. No new footage of the film has been released.
(The title T2 may be a harbinger of good luck for Boyle, since a very successful sequel, also titled T2, was released in 1992 and went one to become one of the most successful movie sequels of all time.)
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