Danny Boyle’s Tabloid Drama ‘Ink,’ Unveils First Look at Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch

Ink - Guy Pearce - Jack O'Connell — Netflix

Netflic has dated Ink, Oscar winner Danny (Slumdog Millionaire) Boyle‘s incendiary drama about the birth of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid empire.

Ink will open in select theaters December 11, before landing on Netflix January 8 in the U.S

. Alongside the dating, the streamer has unveiled a new image from the film which shows Oscar nominee Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch.

Starring Jack O’Connell, Claire Foy and Guy Pearce, “Ink” is based on the Tony-nominated play of the same name by James Graham, who adapted his own work for the screen. Pearce plays a brash, 30-something Rupert Murdoch, with O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb, the working-class newspaper journalist who helped him remake The Sun into a populist juggernaut.

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Boyle directs from Graham’s screenplay. The two-time Oscar winner, who took home directing and best picture honors for “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) andrecently reunited with screenwriter Alex Garland on “28 Years Later,” produces “Ink” alongside Tracey Seaward, Tessa Ross and Michael Ellenberg.

Graham, one of Britain’smpopular dramatists, wrote the Olivier-winning “Dear England” and the acclaimed miniseries “Sherwood.” His stage version of “Ink” bowed at London’s Almeida Theatre in 2017 before transferring to the West End and Broadway, where Bertie Carvel won the Tony for featured actor as Murdoch.

Studiocanal fully financed “Ink” and handles worldwide sales, releasing the film theatrically across its territories. The international rollout begins Jan. 6 in France and Belgium, followed by the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand on Jan. 7 and the U.K. and Poland on Jan. 8. Italy opens Feb. 18, with Germany on Feb. 25.

“Ink”Venice Film Festival

Wih its Venice launch and TIFF berth, and expected Telluride stop in between given its premiere designations, the release strategy signals the streamer’s intent to campaign “Ink” heavily through the Oscar season

Netflix’s slate is stacked, anchored by Cannes acquisitions “La Bola Negra,” which shared the festival’s best director prize, and “Gentle Monster,” starring French star Léa Seydoux. Still to come from the streaming giant are the untitled sequel to “Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood” from director David Fincher and the war drama “The Mosquito Bowl” from Peter Berg.

The Netflix deal for U.S. and Latin America rights was closed July 2026 ahead of the Venice bow.

Ink is a Studiocanal, Media Res and House Productions film.