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Directed by | Danny Boyle |
Screenplay by | John Hodge |
Based on | Trainspotting and Porno by Irvine Welsh |
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Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle |
Edited by | Jon Harris |
Music by | Rick Smith |
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing International) |
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Running time | 117 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.