Ink (2026)

Danny Boyle’s new film Ink hit the Werner Herzog Theater at the Telluride Film Festival, dazzling audiences with a fast‑paced, brightly lit look at Rupert Murdoch’s 1969 launch of the British tabloid The Sun. The director was quick to clear up a common misconception – the title isn’t about tattoos, but about the literal ink that fed the millions‑strong newspaper presses of the era. Australian‑born Guy Pearce steps into the shoes of a young Murdoch, portraying the media baron’s daring transformation of a modest broadsheet into the UK’s most popular rag. Beside him, Jack O’Connell plays veteran Fleet Street editor Larry Lamb, the seasoned hand Murdoch recruited to steer the paper’s new direction. The film, adapted by James Graham from his award‑winning 2018 stage play, captures the pre‑internet frenzy of a world hungry for bold headlines and click‑bait before the digital age took hold. Critics at Telluride are already hailing Boyle as “the perfect filmmaker to bring this world to life,” noting how the movie’s kinetic energy mirrors the cultural shock of the moon landing and the seismic shift Murdoch’s media empire would cause. With a Netflix release slated for January, Ink offers a vivid, behind‑the‑scenes glimpse of the cut‑throat journalism that reshaped public discourse – a story as relevant today as it was in the late ’60s.