Overview
- The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which opened on Wednesday, and the screening drew a multi‑minute standing ovation and broadly positive early reviews.
- Critics singled out Jack O’Connell for his turn as editor Larry Lamb and Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch while reviewers noted Danny Boyle’s kinetic direction and James Graham’s stage‑to‑screen adaptation.
- Boyle and Graham stressed they resisted reducing Murdoch to a one‑dimensional villain and said the film probes systemic factors that drove the rise of sensational, circulation‑first journalism.
- Distribution is set: Netflix will release Ink in select U.S. theaters on Dec. 11, 2026 and stream it in the U.S. and Latin America on Jan. 8, 2027, while StudioCanal will handle theatrical runs in multiple international territories in January 2027.
- The movie uses The Sun’s 1969 makeover as a lens on how choices about headlines, celebrity, sex and scandal reshaped news commerce and public trust, a development that critics say helps explain today’s click‑driven and platformed information ecosystem.