As we reported a while back, a Trainspotting sequel is officially in the works with Danny Boyle onboard and the majority of the cast set to return.
The news was announced shortly after Steve Jobs, Boyle's Oscar-bait drama about the founder of Apple, opened widely in the US. For his part, Boyle has been open about how long it took for him to return to his Scottish roots and the pressure that surrounds the film.
In a recent interview, author Irvine Welsh dropped a few tidbits of information about the status of the sequel. Amongst other things, he confirmed that he's due to reprise his role as Mikey Forrester and is also serving as an executive producer on the film as well.
Welsh also confirmed that the crew and cast behind the film have been locked in with a shooting date of May 16th confirmed. The sequel, based on Welsh's novel Porno, picks up almost twenty years after the events of the original and finds that Renton's crew of misfits haven't really changed all that much.
A readthrough of the script has already taken place, with Robert Carlyle saying that it's "honestly one of the best thing I've ever read." There's no release date confirmed as of yet, however we can guess that if the filming is due to begin in the middle of May, we won't see this on our cinema screens until at least early 2017.
In the meantime, let's watch some clips and remind ourselves just how good the first one was.
