Danny Boyle's Rupert Murdoch Film 'Ink' Sets Release Dates

Danny Boyle's new film "Ink," a biographical drama about media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the creation of a tabloid empire, will receive a limited theatrical release on December 11, 2026, before streaming on Netflix in the U.S. and Latin America on January 8, 2027. The film, adapted from James Graham's Tony-nominated play, will have its world premiere as the opening night selection of the 83rd Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2026, where it will compete for the Golden Lion.

The movie stars Guy Pearce as a young Rupert Murdoch and Jack O'Connell as newspaper editor Larry Lamb. Claire Foy also appears in the cast as Jules Davies, an original character based on The Sun's first women's editor. Set in 1969, the story follows Murdoch as he purchases the struggling broadsheet The Sun and hires Lamb to revamp it. Together, they create a new, sensationalist approach to tabloid journalism focused on celebrity gossip, sports, and punchy headlines, a model that would reshape global media.

Director Danny Boyle described the film's premise in a statement. "Long before Fox News, clickbait, and Truth Social, decades before Twitter, Facebook, Google, and OnlyFans, these two men created a new...