Sony Pictures UK has revealed the international announcement trailer for the long-awaited sequel Trainspotting 2 , featuring footage from the 1996 original and confirming to the world that shooting on T2 has indeed begun for a January 27, 2017 release in United Kingdom territories. Check out the Trainspotting 2 announcement trailer below, along with our previously-posted pics of director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner filming a scene for the sequel in Scotland in the gallery!
TriStar Pictures recently announced that is has acquired worldwide rights to Danny Boyle’s much-anticipated sequel. Trainspotting 2 is based on characters created by Irvine Welsh. It will reunite director Danny Boyle with screenwriter John Hodge and all of the principal cast of the 1996 film—Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle will reprise the iconic roles of Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Producers on Trainspotting 2 are Andrew Macdonald, Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, and Bernie Bellew through Figment Films, Decibel Films, and Cloud Eight Films. Film4 is also a production entity. The plan is for the film to be released in 2017 to mark the 21st birthday of the original film.
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Begbie (Robert Carlyle) raging over toilet cubicle in TriStar Pictures’ T2: TRAINSPOTTING
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Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton and Jonny Lee Miller as Simon on railway tracks in TriStar Pictures’ T2: TRAINSPOTTING
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Simon (Jonny Lee Miller) and Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) in TriStar Pictures’ T2: TRAINSPOTTING
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Spud (Ewen Bremner) writing and looking upwards for inspiration in TriStar Pictures’ T2: TRAINSPOTTING
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner and director Danny Boyle run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor stands on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner walk on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and director Danny Boyle work on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner runs on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner run on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel on Princess Street on July 13, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released and it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Actor Ewan Bremner, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan Bremner and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Actor Ewan Bremner, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle and actor Ewan Bremner, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan Bremner and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan Bremner and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan Bremner and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Actor Ewan Bremner, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle and actor Ewan Bremner, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 11: Director Danny Boyle and actor Ewan Bremner, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in Muirhouse shopping centre on May 11, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 17: Robert Carlyle walks into a house in Royal Circus on May 17, 2016 in Edinburgh,Scotland. The long awaited T2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 14: Actors Ewan McGregor, on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in a disused warehouse in Leith on July 14, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 14: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in a disused warehouse in Leith on July 14, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 14: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in a disused warehouse in Leith on July 14, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JULY 14: Actors Ewan McGregor and Ewan Bremner and director Danny Boyle on the set of the Trainspotting film sequel in a disused warehouse in Leith on July 14, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The long awaited Trainspotting 2 is being filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20 years after the original was released it will also see the cast from the first film returning including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.
Trainspotting 2 Set
Trainspotting 2 filming in Edinburgh with director Danny Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner. Where: Scotland, United Kingdom When: May 13, 2016. Credit: WENN.com.