In 1996, Danny Boyle‘s “Trainspotting” asked a generation — via the antics of junkie lowlives — to take a look at their future:
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future.
Now, two decades later, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle are back to reprise their roles in “T2: Trainspotting.” (Yes, that’s the official title). Rumors have been flying in the last few weeks that cameras have already started rolling as the cast and director have been spotted on location. But Sony has revealed in this new announcement trailer that official production starts today, and the film will be released very quickly, hitting cinemas stateside on February 3, 2017 in limited release, before going wide on February 10, 2017. Damn that’s fast.
Watch the announcement trailer above.
