Overview
- New production photos and casting confirm Guy Pearce as a young Rupert Murdoch, Jack O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb, and Claire Foy as a composite Fleet Street reporter.
- The film centers on Larry Lamb’s role in remaking The Sun and treats his rise as the turning point that normalized sensational headlines, sex, gossip, sports and human-interest stories to boost circulation.
- Director Danny Boyle says he made the film to examine the press’s relationship to truth and resisted portraying Murdoch as a simple villain so the story will stress systemic responsibility.
- Ink recreates old-school newspaper production — typesetting, printing presses and editorial routines — to contrast tactile newsroom craft with the long-term consequences of circulation-driven decisions.
- Netflix has acquired U.S. and Latin American rights and will release the film after it opens at the Venice Film Festival, with a theatrical window followed by streaming in early 2027.