Overview
- The film opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday with a multi‑minute standing ovation and broadly positive early reviews praising the performances and direction.
- Ink is directed by Danny Boyle from a screenplay by James Graham adapted from his 2017 play and stars Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch, Jack O’Connell as Larry Lamb, and Claire Foy as the composite reporter Jules Davies.
- Boyle and Graham say the film avoids turning Murdoch into a caricature and instead traces the editorial choices and business tactics that reshaped British tabloid journalism.
- StudioCanal financed the picture and will handle international theatrical releases while Netflix holds U.S. and Latin American rights, with a limited U.S. theatrical bow on December 11, 2026 and a Netflix/UK theatrical window on January 8, 2027.
- The story is presented as an origin tale for modern tabloid methods—sensational headlines, celebrity coverage and circulation‑first decisions—that later influenced outlets such as The New York Post and Fox News and that critics say links to current debates about media responsibility.