BritBox has released the first trailer for Irvine Welsh’s Crime, the new thriller series based on the Trainspotting author’s 2008 novel of the same name which stars Dougray Scott as Detective Inspector Ray Lennox, a man battling with his own demons as he finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with […]
Trainspotting spinoff series The Blade Artist in development with Robert Carlyle and Irvine Welsh
According to Robert Carlyle, talks are underway about a Trainspotting spinoff series based upon Irvine Welsh’s 2016 novel The Blade Artist, which continues the story of Francis Begbie following the events of Trainspotting and its sequel Porno. “Irvine and myself have been chatting quite a lot recently with a couple of excellent producers in London […]
Irvine Welsh and Bret Easton Ellis developing American Tabloid drama series
Burning Wheel Productions has announced that it is currently finalising talks with literary giants Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) and Bret Easton Ellis (American Pyscho) to co-create a new series entitled American Tabloid, which will explore the national tabloid press culture in the United States. “To do this production justice we always knew we would require writers […]
Danny Boyle teaming with Irvine Welsh for Creation Stories
Burning Wheel Productions have announced that filmmaker Danny Boyle has joined the feature production Creation Stories as an executive producer, reuniting the filmmaker with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. Scripted by Welsh and directed by Nick Moran (Telstar: The Story of Joe Meek and The Kid), Creation Stories will tell the tale of infamous record label […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #14 – Film critic Sarah Cook discusses Filth
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, film critic Sarah Cook pops by to chat about the debauched Irvine Welsh adaptation Filth… This week, film critic Sarah Cook brings along the sex, smoke and swearing of Jon S Baird’s Filth, […]
Movie Review – T2 Trainspotting (2017)
T2 Trainspotting. 2017 Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Anjela Nedyalkova, James Cosmo, Irvine Welsh, Eileen Nicholas, Kevin McKidd, and Kelly Macdonald. SYNOPSIS: After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie. Does the world of […]
Irvine Welsh thinks T2 is a better movie than Trainspotting, teases small screen spinoff
Last week we got to see the first trailer for T2, Danny Boyle’s long-awaited sequel to his 1996 cult classic Trainspotting [watch it here], which reunites the original cast of Ewan McGregor (Renton), Jonny Lee Miller (Sick Boy), Ewen Bremner (Spud) and Robert Carlyle (Begbie). During an interview with NME, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has […]
