Yesterday was a big day for fans of the 1996 classicTrainspotting, with Sony Pictures releasing a brief trailer to commemorate the start of principal photography. Now that production is under way, the studio has made another announcement, revealing that this sequel will debut domestically in limited release on July 21, 2025, before expanding into wide release on July 27, 2025. This release date currently has three highly-anticipated sequels circling its perimeter, so we’ll have to wait and see howTrainspotting 2fares at the box office.
Entertainment Weeklybroke the news of this release, which should fare well in its limited opening frame, with only one other movie, Paramount’sSame Kind of Different As Mehitting theaters that weekend. On February 10, though, the movie will be going up against Universal’sFifty Shades Darker, Warner Bros.' spinoffThe LEGO Batman Movieand Lionsgate’sJohn Wick: Chapter 2. The next weekend, it will also go up against four more high-profile movies, with Sony’s ownThe Dark Toweradaptation, 20th Century Fox’sThe Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Warner Bros.' comedyFist Fightand Universal’sThe Great Wallopening on February 17.
Trainspotting 2brings back the originalTrainspotting cast, includingEwan McGregoras Renton,Ewen BremnerasSpud,Johnny Lee Milleras Sick Boy andRobert Carlyleas Begbie.Kelly MacDonaldis also reprising her role as Diane, whileKevin McKiddis the only cast member fromTrainspottingwho won’t be back for the sequel since his character Tommy passed away in the first movie. The sequel will follow the plot ofIrvine Welsh’s 2002 sequel novelPorno, although the production will not retain that title.
The story finds the four main characters who cross paths together in the pornography industry. The book follows Sick Boy, who returns to Edinburgh with plans to make a porn movie with the help of his friend Renton. But Begbie is hellbent on seeking revenge against the two after being released from prison. And Spud gets wrapped up in the whole mess, playing both sides. We don’t know for sure how closely the movie sequel will stick closely to the novel’s plot.
Danny Boyleis directingTrainspotting 2, which has been referred to asT2, working from a screenplay adaptation by originalTrainspottingwriterJohn Hodge, based onIrvine Welsh’s book. No supporting cast members have been revealed at this time, but now that production is under way, hopefully we’ll start to get more casting updates in the near future. It isn’t known how longshootingis expected to last onTrainspotting 2, so stay tuned.
