Danny Boyle Says That TRAINSPOTTING 2 Will Shoot Early Next Year
A few weeks ago Danny Boyle did an interview saying that he hoped Trainspotting 2 would be his next film project. Well, it looks like got what he wanted. The director recently told THR that the film will shoot early next year!
Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, and Ewen Bremner are all set to return, but the film shoot will have to be tight because Miller and Carlyle have commitments to TV shows that they star in. Boyle says:
“They only get this little window off, so either you wait for the contract to run down, which could be as late as three years, or you kind of try and do it in this window, but all four lads are back in.”
So they are going to shoot the movie in the little window that they have, and that’s awesome! The filmmaker went on to talk about the budget for the film. The first movie cost $2 million to make, but this next one has a budget of almost $20 million.
“We’re doing it for less than $20 million, and that’ll give us control of the film so we can make the film we want to make. That’s as much as you can get without being answerable to anybody. You can sort of get on with it without much interference. Although we could have raised a lot more money for this, we didn’t, so we’re trying to keep some sense like we kept the original.”
The movie is inspired by the sequel novel by Irvine Welsh, which is called Porno. The sequel will not be called Porno, though. Boyle explains the film will be its own thing, and will not be like the book. The film was written by John Hodge, and all of the actors loved what he did with it, so they jumped on board. They were all apprehensive at first because they didn’t want to let the fans down by making a shitty sequel. It doesn’t sound like that’s what we’re going to get, though. Boyle said:
“Everyone’s attitude is that it’ll be an honorable addition and an interesting addition to the original film. We’re very positive that we believe it can happen and it’s coming true.”
I’m happy to hear that the project is actually moving forward, and I can’t wait to see it! It will be interesting to see where life took these characters.