Here’s the primary trailer for Danny Boyle’s Ink, which opened the 83rd Venice Film Festival on September 2.
Boyle directs the characteristic from a screenplay written by James Graham (Dear England), primarily based on his Tony-nominated play Ink. Jack O’Connell stars as The Sun newspaper editor Larry Lamb, with Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch. Claire Foy is Jules Davies.
Boyle produces alongside Tessa Ross (Conclave) and Michael Ellenberg (The Morning Show). Ink reunites Boyle and Ross following their collaboration on Slumdog Millionaire. Tracey Seaward (The Two Popes) additionally produces. Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, Joe Naftalin, Tonia Davis, Zoe Edwards, James Graham, and Sudie Smyth are govt producers.
Announcing the title, Venice head Alberto Barbera described the movie as an “account of publisher Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the daily newspaper The Sun, which he entrusted to the unscrupulous Larry Lamb, turning it into Britain’s best-selling tabloid at the expense of its rival, The Mirror.”
Studiocanal totally financed the movie and can launch it theatrically in Italy, the UK, France, Germany, Poland, the Benelux, Australia and NZ.
Alwin H. Küchler (Steve Jobs) is the DOP; Gareth Pugh and Carson McColl (28 Years Later) are Production and Costume Designers; Fin Oates (How to Have Sex, Warfare) is the Editor; Gail Stevens & Rebecca Farhall (28 Years Later) forged the movie, and the music is by Daniel Pemberton.
Netflix will launch the movie in U.S. cinemas on December 11 earlier than it lands on the streamer on Jan 8. StudioCanal will launch the movie within the UK on Jan 8.