Danny Boyle’s feature film “Ink” opens the 83rd Venice Film Festival as the event’s opening-night debut, and a first trailer is released ahead of its premiere. The film is directed by Boyle from a screenplay by James Graham, adapted from Boyle’s Tony-nominated play “Ink.” Jack O’Connell stars as Larry Lamb, the editor of The Sun, with Guy Pearce portraying media figure Rupert Murdoch. Claire Foy plays Jules Davies.
The film is set in 1969 and follows Murdoch as he acquires the UK newspaper The Sun and partners with Lamb to reshape it into what becomes Britain’s most influential tabloid. Across outlets, the trailer and promotional materials frame the story as charting the rise of a new tabloid culture and its impact on the modern media landscape. While one description emphasizes the film’s focus on turning the paper into a biggest-selling newspaper, other coverage highlights Boyle’s adaptation background and the cast centered on the Murdoch–Lamb partnership and key Sun figures.
No additional plot details beyond the core premise and principal cast are consistently provided in the cited reports.
