TRAINSPOTTING TV Series Teased By Author Irvine Welsh
Last week, we got to watch the first trailer for Danny Boyle's T2: Trainspotting. If you're a fan of the first movie, then there's no doubt you liked what you saw in the trailer. It sees the return of the characters Renton (Ewan McGregor), Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller), Spud (Ewen Bremner), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle).
It looks like this sequel might not be the last time that we see these characters together again. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says that they might come back together in a TV series. Welsh has plenty of material to work with as he wrote a sequel called Porno, and a prequel called Skagboys. There's also a spinoff story he released called The Blade Artist, which centers on the character Begbie.
During an interview with NME, Welsh said:
"Basically, I’ve plans for them all. All in various kind of schedules or adaptations. It’s all ruling on cable TV, cable TV has some interesting developments. We’re working on all these different kind of things. I think now anybody who’s in the book, whether they like it or not, they’re working on the way of being in the film. You keep that in mind. As soon as you’ve written it, you’re thinking about how it can move into different mediums."
I'm sure the fans wouldn't mind seeing these characters come back in a TV series. Of course, if it happens, I seriously doubt the cast of the film would come back to reprise their roles. I'm sure all the characters would need to be recast. If anything did happen with it as a series, I think the prequel Skagboys would be the way to go. Welsh went on to talk about the upcoming sequel:
"We were all nervous before we decided to do it… [but] once we saw the script, everybody was confident that we were certainly not going to trash the legacy of the first film and that we were going to build on it. It has managed to take the most dynamic elements of the [Trainspotting] book and [the sequel] Porno but also look forward to how it can be contemporary and present day… In some ways, I think it’s a better movie [than Trainspotting]… They have become such iconic characters and this is going to cement that status even more."
Welsh also said that it “feels like a big epic movie” and “a great standalone film,” which is kinda cool to hear. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it. T2: Trainspotting is scheduled to be released on February 3, 2017.