Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has teased a third Trainspotting outing… but no one’s sure if it’s a book, a movie, or just a bit of banter.
Taking to social media, the Scottish writer posted an image of a poster reading: “Renton is back, Spud is back, Begbie is back, Sick Boy is back.”
These roles were played by Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle in Danny Boyle’s iconic 1996 movie, which launched the careers of all of them, as well as Kelly MacDonald. However, the book was published in 1993 and so far has had three sequels, while the movie has only had one, which came out in 2017 and was fairly underwhelming.
Aykroyd, Reitman and Kenan producing Netflix’s Ghostbusters show
So, you can understand why there is some confusion about whether this is Welsh bigging up a new book or a new movie.
All the principal cast have said they would return to the roles if there was a good reason and story to tell, a sentiment echoed by Boyle too.
I guess in the coming weeks and months, we’ll learn what exactly Welsh is telling us, but for now, maybe it’s time to revisit the first movie.
Thoughts? I know you have them, and I wanna hear ’em all.
Welsh’s enigmatic post:
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) May 7, 2026
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
Nerd Comments