Guy Pearce is eyeing Rupert Murdoch role in Danny Boyle's upcoming movie Ink

Guy Pearce & Jack O’Connell in talks for Danny Boyle’s 'Ink', a drama on Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

Danny Boyle is heading back to the big screen with a story as wild as anything in his filmography — the birth of Britain’s tabloid newspaper wars. And he’s bringing some serious acting muscle with him: Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell are both in talks to star in ‘Ink.’ Pearce, the Oscar-nominated star of ‘Memento’ and ‘L.A. Confidential,’ is circling the role of none other than Rupert Murdoch, the ruthless media mogul who would go on to build a gl…

Guy Pearce is eyeing Rupert Murdoch role in Danny Boyle's upcoming movie Ink

Earlier this year, Danny Boyle returned to the big screen with 28 Years Later, a horrifying examination of the dark side of humanity, the insidious capacity of the media to shape society in its image, and — basically — where it all went wrong for us Homo sapiens. Continuing in that vein then, Boyle's next movie will be Ink, which is set to detail media mogul Rupert Murdoch's rise to power in the late 1960s. And, according to THR, The Brutalist O…