Danny Boyle to make Trainspotting sequel with original cast in middle age

Two decades after choosing heroin over life, the stars behind seminal British film Trainspotting are set to return for a sequel, as the characters face a mid-life crisis.

Rumours of a sequel have circulated since Irvine Walsh, the writer of the original Trainspotting novel, wrote a follow up Porno in 2002.

After several false starts, director Danny Boyle said a script is in progress, and the plan is to release the film in 2016, on the 20 anniversary of the original.

He believes that the entire cast could be re-assembled including the original’s star Ewan McGregor. “I don’t think there will be any barriers to Ewan or any of the cast coming back,” the director said.

Independent