T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting
In a restroom stall, the characters of the film are in the stalls. Spud (labeled "#1 SPUD") is on the left staff, Renton (labeled "#2 RENTON") is on the centre left stall, Begbie (labeled "#3 BEGBIE") is on the centre right stall, and Sick Boy (labeled "#4 Sick Boy") in the right stall. The film's title, a tagline labeled "A film by Danny Boyle." and a text reading the cast members playing their respective roles of the characters are labeled in an Orange box with white text.
British release poster
Directed byDanny Boyle
Screenplay byJohn Hodge
Based onTrainspotting
and
Porno
by Irvine Welsh
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle
Edited byJon Harris
Music byRick Smith
Production
companies
Distributed byTriStar Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing International)
Release dates
  • 22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) (Edinburgh)
  • 27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) (United Kingdom)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million[2][3]
Box office$42.1 million[2]

T2 Trainspotting is a 2017 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge. Set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland, it is based on characters created by Irvine Welsh in his 1993 novel Trainspotting and its 2002 follow-up Porno. A sequel to Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting, T2 stars the original ensemble cast, including leads Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle, with Shirley Henderson, James Cosmo, and Kelly Macdonald. The film features a new character, Veronika, played by Anjela Nedyalkova, and includes clips, music, and archive sound from the first film.

T2 Trainspotting was released in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017, and worldwide throughout February and March 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $42.1 million against a production budget of $18 million.

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  2. ^ a b "T2 Trainspotting (2017)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ^ "T2 Trainspotting (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2017.