T2 Trainspotting (2017)

[Foggy]

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The sequel to Trainspotting, based on Irvine Welsh's Porno, is being planned for 2016, says Danny Boyle...

If Shallow Grave was the film that put director Danny Boyle on the map in the first place, it was his second movie, Trainspotting, that really elevated him. At some point, we need to have a chat about his underrated third feature - A Life Less Ordinary - but in the meantime, Boyle has admitted that plans for a Trainspotting sequel are finally coming together.

On promotional duties for his new film, Trance, Danny Boyle admitted that John Hodge is working on a screenplay for the film now, which will adapt, loosely, Irvine Welsh's book Porno. Boyle is planning to make the film in 2016, and also is looking to get the cast of the first film back together. Crucially, that'd include Ewan McGregor, with whom Boyle hasn't worked since he passed him over for the lead role in The Beach, in favour of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Boyle said of the project that "The reason for doing it again is that people cherish the original, people remember it or have caught up with it if they never saw because they were younger. So you want to make sure you don't disappoint people"

Should Porno be released in 2016, which is quite likely, then it'd be in time for the - ready to feel old? - 20th anniversary of Trainspotting. Yikes.

We'll keep you posted as we hear more...

[VaporX94]

I would love to see this happen, but 2016? Eeeesshh. Haven't read the sequel book - anyone know if it's good? Big fan of Trainspotting.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

I would be all over this... ONLY if Ewan McGregor signs on!

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by VaporX94

I would love to see this happen, but 2016? Eeeesshh. Haven't read the sequel book - anyone know if it's good? Big fan of Trainspotting.

Its ok but not nearly as good as the first. They are both very difficult reads, as they are written kind of phoenetically, so you can hear the characters'accents. It makes for slow, difficult reading.

[Nick1138]

I always thought Boyle and McGregor were still sort of fighting... The article mentions it, but I hope it's over!

[Abdrewes]

[Yoku]

Does this movie really needs a sequel?? I am not sure. Felt the movie had a definite closure. What would probably bring those characters together?? or is it going to be a movie where the major leads never meet??

[bluRazor]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Its ok but not nearly as good as the first. They are both very difficult reads, as they are written kind of phoenetically, so you can hear the characters'accents. It makes for slow, difficult reading.

Yeah, I felt like an idiot muttering the conversations out loud to figure out what they were saying when I was reading it.

[Monterey Jack]

It'd be nice to hear McGregor use his native accent again.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by bluRazor

Yeah, I felt like an idiot muttering the conversations out loud to figure out what they were saying when I was reading it.

exactly!

[MDJ]

Originally Posted by Yoku

What would probably bring those characters together

this:

"The book describes the characters of Trainspotting ten years after the events of the earlier book, as their paths cross again, this time with the pornography business as the backdrop rather than heroin use (although numerous drugs, particularly cocaine are mentioned throughout). "

[YoreLore]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Its ok but not nearly as good as the first. They are both very difficult reads, as they are written kind of phoenetically, so you can hear the characters'accents. It makes for slow, difficult reading.

Not for me

[samdvd1]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/Trai...ast-returning/

Original cast returning!

Currently titled Trainspotting 2, the new film is written by John Hodges (who also scripted the first film), and based on Walsh’s 2002 book Porno, a sequel set 10 years after the events of Trainspotting.

In it, Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson (the character played by Miller in the original film) returns to Leith to open a pub, and becomes involved in making underground porn films. Renton, meanwhile, has remained sober, and is living in Amsterdam.

Boyle’s most recent film, Steve Jobs (a biopic of the late Apple co-founder), premiered on Saturday at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, and received a slate of overwhelmingly positive reviews.

(more info in the news story).

[SymbioticFunction]

Looking forward to this one.

[levcore]

Still not seen the first!

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by levcore

Still not seen the first!

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT!

I don't know about this, I love Danny Boyle, it's nice to see him team back up with Ewan McGregor and all these actors have career best performances from the first film, but I think everyone is kinda past this now. It doesn't help that despite how great the original, it's overall ugly nastiness has always been a bit much for me.

Still hope for the best, it'll be interesting to revisit these guys.

[Jett Rink]

The plot seems kind of...too much.

[dallywhitty]

You prudes.

I love the first film so count me in. I thought this was never going to happen!

[Jett Rink]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

You prudes.

I love the first film so count me in. I thought this was never going to happen!

I enjoyed the first film. The second film is not going to be good based on the subject matter alone.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Jett Rink

I enjoyed the first film. The second film is not going to be good based on the subject matter alone.

So you're saying that the second film is going to be rubbish by default because it's about underground pornography?

Okay. I guess sex is 'too much' but people's lives being ruined by drug use is family fun.