Danny Boyle Calls Filming 'Ink' A 'Siege Mentality' — SkimNews
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- Danny Boyle directed "Ink," which dramatizes Rupert Murdoch's 1969 acquisition of British tabloid The Sun and his partnership with editor Larry Lamb to transform it into Britain's most influential tabloid
- Boyle said financing was "very difficult" to raise — inviting audiences to "read into that whatever you want in terms of conspiracy theories" — until Studiocanal stepped up and partnered with Netflix for release
- Boyle described a "siege mentality" during production, noting the team felt "nobody really wants us to do this" and turned scarcity into creative fuel
- James Graham, who wrote the screenplay based on his Tony-nominated stage play, argued The Sun's "what do people want?" model became "literally the model that the internet runs on"
- Jack O'Connell stars as Larry Lamb opposite Guy Pearce as Murdoch and Claire Foy as Jules Davies; O'Connell said his nearly-90-year-old grandmother still has a fresh edition of The Sun on her kitchen table every day
- Netflix releases "Ink" in U.S. cinemas on December 11 before streaming January 8, with Studiocanal handling the UK theatrical release on January 8
Why it matters: Boyle's public admission that financing was 'very difficult' for a film about Murdoch's takeover of The Sun suggests reluctance among financiers to back a project centered on one of Britain's most powerful media figures — a constraint he sidestepped on stage by inviting 'conspiracy theories' rather than answering directly.
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