Danny Boyle's Ink to Open 2026 Venice Film Festival

The 83rd Venice International Film Festival will open on September 2, 2026, with the world premiere of "Ink," a new film from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. The biographical drama, starring Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy, will screen in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, officially kicking off the festival which runs through September 12.

The film chronicles media mogul Rupert Murdoch's 1969 acquisition of the British daily newspaper The Sun and his appointment of editor Larry Lamb to transform it. Pearce portrays Murdoch, with O'Connell playing Lamb and Claire Foy appearing as Jules Davies. The screenplay was adapted by acclaimed playwright James Graham from his own Tony-nominated stage play of the same name.

In a statement released on July 16, Boyle described the project as an immense honor and connected the film's 1969 setting to a pivotal year of change. "1969, the year we first landed on the moon, is the year Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb launched a newspaper destined to change the world even more," Boyle said. He framed the story as a prelude to modern media, noting the tabloid's launch occurred "long before Fox News, clickbait, and...