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Danny Boyle Tells the Story of Murdoch and The Sun in Ink
The film about The Sun’s rise drew enthusiastic reviews as Boyle said it was hard to get made on limited funding.
- Danny Boyle's Netflix drama Ink premiered Wednesday at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, receiving a five-minute standing ovation from the audience in Sala Grande.
- Adapted by James Graham from his stage play, the film chronicles media mogul Rupert Murdoch's 1969 acquisition of The Sun and his recruitment of editor Larry Lamb to transform it into a populist tabloid.
- Starring Jack O'Connell as Lamb, Guy Pearce as Murdoch, and Claire Foy as Jules Davies, the film intentionally avoids attempts to "monsterize" Murdoch, whom director Boyle describes as a "breath of fresh air" in rigid British society.
- Competing for the Golden Lion, the film will debut in select U.S. cinemas on Dec 11, 2026, followed by a streaming release on Netflix on Jan 8.
- During the festival, Boyle and his cast discussed how the film's historical narrative of populist journalism presages the forces that reshaped the global press and politics in the Murdoch model.
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Danny Boyle tells the story of Murdoch and The Sun in Ink
Danny Boyle's new film Ink, which has received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, examines how Rupert Murdoch's assault on Britain's media establishment was first embraced as a breath of fresh air before turning into a much darker story.
·Ireland
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For its first day, the film festival screened "Ink", Danny Boyle's new feature film on the fulcruming rise of the tabloid "The Sun".
·Paris, France
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The film that inaugurated the exhibition has everything to be praised. But it has a fundamental problem that calls everything into question.
·Rome, Italy
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