‘Trainspotting 2': Danny Boyle confirm plans for sequel, Ewan McGregor keen to return

Ewan McGregor’s dreams of returning to “Trainspotting” may soon become a reality as movie director Danny Boyle has recently expressed his intention to create a sequel. In a recent interview, Boyle said the only thing that’s keeping the project stagnant for the meantime is the busy schedules of the actors, as he wants to cast the same people from the first movie.

Boyle confirmed with Deadline’s Pete Hammond during the screening of “Steve Jobs” at Telluride that “Trainspotting 2” will be his next movie project. He said he plans to release the film next year.

“All the four main actors want to come back and do it. Now it is only a matter of getting all their schedules together which is complicated by two of them doing American TV series,” Boyle told Hammond.

Boyle also said “Trainspotting” screenwriter John Hodge will pen the script for the sequel. He told Hammond that Hodge’s script for “Trainspotting 2” is “terrific,” although he did not reveal any more details.

According to Deadline, Hodge’s script for the sequel is based on the original book from Irvine Welsh titled “Porno.” Details about “Porno” online reveal that the sequel focuses on the characters’ life 10 years after the events in “Trainspotting,” as they cross paths again. The sequel looks at the pornography business in the story instead of heroine, which was the main theme in the first book.

Ewan has previously expressed his interest to return as Renton in “Trainspotting 2.” He told the press back in June during the Edinburgh International Film Festival that he has spoken to Danny about returning.

“It might be the film that brings me back. I’ve not seen a script yet and I don’t know if there is one,” he said, according to the Scotsman report.

Welsh also dropped a hint about “Trainspotting” sequel back in April. According to Edinburgh TV, the author revealed he’s talked about working on “Trainspotting 2” with Boyle and Hodge.

“We are all really keen for it to happen, but only in the right circumstances. The circumstance has always been that nobody needs the money, so there's no point in doing in for that reason,” he’d said.

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