Irvine Welsh

Date of Birth

1958-09-27

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Known for

Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting

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Review: T2: Trainspotting

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Twenty years after stealing the proceeds of a drug deal, Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to his native Edinburgh to make amends with Spud (Ewan Bremmer) and Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), only to get caught up in the...

The addiction continues in the final trailer for T2 Trainspotting

Posted 9 years ago

Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny...

Some classics return in the leaked list for the Trainspotting 2 soundtrack

Posted 9 years ago

Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to the only place he can ever call home to find his old friends, Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) waiting for him. Other old friends are waiting too:...

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Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle talk returning for Trainspotting sequel

Posted 9 years ago

Putting together a sequel many years after the original isn't exactly something new, especially recently, but every so often, one of these sequels actually manages to justify its existence. Coming in a little over twenty years after the original, Danny...

Catch up with Ewan McGregor’s Renton in this Trainspotting 2 featurette

Posted 9 years ago

If you were jazzed to see Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner return in the trailer for T2 TRAINSPOTTING, then director Danny Boyle has a little more he’d like to show off! The following featurette takes...

Trainspotting may become a TV series, according to author Irvine Welsh

Posted 10 years ago

TRAINSPOTTING seems like it would be the last movie to get a sequel. The 90's cult classic was a unique little treat for moviegoers, but the prospect they could be seeing the gang reunite again was an idea only alive in their dreams. However...

The crew returns in bonkers first official trailer for T2: Trainspotting 2

Posted 10 years ago

For 20 years TRAINSPOTTING has been a gateway into the world of adult cinema for many young folks. Thanks to off-the-wall characters (and performances), energetic filmmaking and a bevy of memorable scenes you definitely feel like you’re watching something special—and...

The gang’s back together in the teaser trailer for Trainspotting 2

Posted 10 years ago

There's been talk about a sequel to TRAINSPOTTING for as long as I can remember, and despite seeing pictures of the cast on-set, I still have a hard time believing that it's actually coming our way! Well, it looks like...

Ewan McGregor, Bremmer & Robert Carlyle in pics from the Trainspotting 2 set

Posted 10 years ago

TRAINSPOTTING 2 is in production in Scotland, and just in case you didn’t believe that this is actually happening, we have the photographic proof! Filming is underway and the Daily Mail showed off some on-set pictures that gives us a...

Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting sequel set for February 2017 release

Posted 10 years ago

Earlier this week it was announced that Danny Boyle's TRAINSPOTTING sequel will hit U.K. theaters on January 27, 2017, and now we know when it will open in the U.S., thanks to EW. The follow-up (which seems to be going...

Writer John Hodge talks Trainspotting 2 and director Danny Boyle

Posted 10 years ago

It's been a long time coming, but the sequel to TRAINSPOTTING is almost in the can! The movie has been filming in Scotland for a few weeks now, and while plot points haven't been given away just yet, writer John...

Danny Boyle announces filming on Trainspotting 2 has begun in Scotland

Posted 10 years ago

It's hard to believe that TRAINSPOTTING was released 20 years ago, but that film introduced the world to some great actors in Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Johnny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremmer, and Kelly Macdonald, as well as one hell of...

Robert Carlyle calls Trainspotting 2 one of the best scripts he’s ever read

Posted 11 years ago

It's taken quite some time, but the sequel to TRAINSPOTTING looks like it's ready to go. Ewan McGregor recently said that the film was almost 100% sure and all that remained to be worked out was the scheduling. Much of...

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