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Danny Boyle’s film ‘Ink’ premieres in London
Danny Boyle’s film Ink premiered in London at the BFI London Film Festival.
It stars Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and Jack O’Connell as Larry Lamb, the editor Murdoch hired.
The film is based on a play by James Graham and tells how Murdoch acquired the struggling British tabloid The Sun in 1969.
The paper combined populist coverage with far-right political reporting and grew into a major force in British media.
The story also traces the beginnings of Murdoch’s later U.S. media empire, including The New York Post and Fox News.
Boyle says the film explores early forms of the attention-seeking and fast-moving media culture seen today.
The film had opened the Venice Film Festival about a month before its London premiere.
Danny Boyle’s film Ink had its U.K. premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Monday night.
The premiere came around a month after the film opened the Venice Film Festival.
The film stars Jack O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb and Guy Pearce as media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Adapted from James Graham’s stage play, it depicts Murdoch’s acquisition of the failing tabloid The Sun in 1969.
Boyle described the story as an origin of the attention and clickbait economies.
- Who
- Director Danny Boyle and cast members including Jack O’Connell and Guy Pearce attended the premiere.
- What
- Ink had its U.K. premiere.
- When
- Monday night; the article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- The BFI London Film Festival in London.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rupert Murdoch acquired the then-failing tabloid The Sun.
Ink opened the Venice Film Festival.
Ink had its U.K. premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Film
- Ink
- U.K. premiere
- BFI London Film Festival, London
- Lead cast
- Jack O’Connell and Guy Pearce
- Historical setting
- Murdoch acquired The Sun in 1969
What people are saying
It’s a London film. If it doesn’t work here, it’s not going to work anywhere.
But it is the beginnings of the attention economy, of the clickbait economy, of the ‘What’s next? Swipe, move on.’
I really believe that by drilling down into its Englishness and the ’60s, the people in America, Europe, everywhere will relate to this story, which is essentially a story about how a disruptive bunch of people in the ’60s turned something around.
I don’t consider him an out-and-out bad guy.
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“If it doesn’t work here, it’s not going to work anywhere.” Jack O’Connell says screening #Ink to a native UK audience at the #BFILondonFilmFestival should be a different experience to other stops on the festival circuit…
Guy Pearce, who plays Rupert Murdoch in Danny Boyle’s #Ink, says at the #BFILondonFilmFestival that he’s serious about a meet-up with the media mogul. “Liz [Murdoch] told me her that her dad was happy with me playing him, but I don’t know to what degree that is… He might watch
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