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.
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 January 27, 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.
The official soundtrack was released onJanuary 27, 2017 by Polydor Records. It features Blondie, the Clash, Wolf Alice, High Contrast, the Prodigy, Queen, Run–D.M.C., Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Underworld, the Rubberbandits and Young Fathers.
Tracklist:
- Lust for Life (The Prodigy Remix) (Iggy Pop)
- Shotgun Mouthwash (High Contrast)
- Silk (Wolf Alice)
- Get Up (Young Fathers)
- Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- Eventually But (Spud’s Letter to Gail) (Underworld and Ewen Bremner)
- Only God Knows (Young Fathers featuring Leith Congregational Choir)
- Dad’s Best Friend (The Rubberbandits)
- Dreaming (Blondie)
- Radio Ga Ga (Queen)
- It’s Like That (Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins)
- (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (The Clash)
- Rain or Shine (Young Fathers)
- Whitest Boy on the Beach (Fat White Family)
- Slow Slippy (Underworld)
