‘Trainspotting’ Sequel Won’t Be Titled ‘Porno,’ Shooting Next Summer
Academy Award-winning directorDanny Boyle(Slumdog Millionare) is currently on the press tour for his upcoming bio film,Steve Jobs. Whenever the filmmaker is promoting a new movie, there are two projects he’s always going to be asked about –28 Months Laterand theTrainspotting 2. Both films have been kicking around for a long time now. Now Boyle has mentioned the possibleTranspottingsequel title. We might actually see this sequel, once again starringEwan McGregoras a heroin addict, sooner than we expected.
We’ve been talking about this moviefor ages, but just last month, Boylerevealedhis plans to directTranspotting 2next summer. Rightfully so, the director has always been cautious about making a sequel to his beloved film. Boyle has said time and time again that the sequelIrvine Welshwrote to “Trainspotting,” “Porno,” wasn’t a compelling followup – and obviously Boyle doesn’t want to make the same mistake as Welsh. For those who haven’t read “Porno,” here’s the synopsis:
In the last gasp of youth, Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson is back in Edinburgh. He taps into one last great scam: directing and producing a porn film. To make it work, he needs bedfellows: the lovely Nikki Fuller-Smith, a student with ambition, ego, and troubles to rival his own; old pal Mark Renton; and a motley crew that includes the neighborhood’s favorite ex-beverage salesman, “Juice” Terry.
As for the film adaptation of Welsh’s sequel, don’t expect it to be calledPorno. Speaking withComingsoon, Boyle revealed his dream title for the film:
We’re going to try and call it ‘T2? but there might be some issues there with James Cameron. I’ll have to beg and we’ll have to go to James Cameron and say ‘What do you think?’
Boyle is probably joking around about having to askif they can useT2for his sequel, but sometimes productions run into trouble trying to reuse a title. There’s really no reason why Cameron should have a problem with Boyle wanting to use “T2,” but then again, maybe it’s not even up to Cameron. Joking or not,T2isn’t a bad title for theTrainspottingsequel. The fact that it’s not calledPornomakes me think the film will depart significantly from the book.
Boyle has spoken highly ofJohn Hodge’s script, which has always been the deciding factor for Boyle when it came to whether he’d actually make the sequel. Hodge, a longtime creative partner of Boyle’s, also penned the original adaptation ofTrainspotting. Discussing the project withTHR, Boyle mentioned finding the right time for theTrainspottingsequelhasn’t been easy.
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 [McGregor, Miller, Carlisle and Ewen Bremner] are back in.
It’s great that McGregor and Boyle have patched things up. The two had a falling out overThe Beach, which McGregor was originally set to star in. The actor and director’s work complimented each other wonderfully inShallow Grave,Trainspotting, and, to a lesser extent,A Life Less Ordinary. Even ifT2doesn’t happen, it’s promising news we might see future collaborations between Boyle and McGregor.
