‘Ink’ First Look: Danny Boyle Says His Rupert Murdoch Drama Explores “The Future Of The Truth”

‘Ink’ First Look: Danny Boyle Says His Rupert Murdoch Drama Explores “The Future Of The Truth”

New photos from Danny Boyle’s “Ink” reveal Guy Pearce as a young Rupert Murdoch, Jack O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb, and Claire Foy as Fleet Street reporter Jules Davies in the filmmaker’s propulsive account of the birth of modern tabloid journalism. Adapted by James Graham from his Tony- and Olivier Award-winning play, “Ink” begins in 1969, when Murdoch purchases the struggling British newspaper The Sun and recruits Lamb to transform it into t…

First Look: Danny Boyle Didn’t Want to Make Rupert Murdoch a Villain in 'Ink'

The Venice Film Festival opening movie stars Guy Pearce as the media mogul, who recruits an editor to revamp 'The Sun' in 1969 and changes the course of media forever.

‘Ink’ First Look: Danny Boyle Refuses to “Monsterize” Rupert Murdoch

Here’s our first look — images below — at Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” via Vanity Fair, which is set to open the Venice Film Festival next week before screening at Telluride and TIFF. In the VF interview, Boyle admitted he was captivated by James Graham’s play when he saw it on the West End in 2017, immediately recognizing its potential as a film. Despite skepticism from studios and financiers, Boyle continued to pursue the project.The film stars Guy Pe…