“A Cinematic Rollercoaster”: Claire Foy Stars in Explosive Thriller About Ruthless World of Tabloids

Ever been curious to find out how some of the world's biggest newspapers got their start? Well, that's essentially the premise of Netflix's newest movie Ink, directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle.Starring Guy Pearce, Claire Foy, and Jack O'Connell, Ink is based on the acclaimed stage play of the same name and follows the rise of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.The new movie will be coming to Netflix soon and here's everything you need to know about it in the meantime.What is Ink about? Ink is based on the stage play by James Graham, which was first shown in the Almeida Theatre in 2017.The film will follow a similar plot and will be set in 1969 as a young Rupert Murdoch and tabloid journalist Larry Lamb launch a newspaper called The Sun.Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.When the movie was first announced its director Danny Boyle said of its plot: "Long before Fox News, click bait, and Truth Social; decades before Twitter, Facebook, Google & Only Fans, these two men created a new tabloid which against all the odds became the biggest selling newspaper in the world. Cheeky, Irreverent, daring: The super soaraway Sun challenged the establishment and remade our world for the modern era."Who will star in Ink? Leading the cast of Ink is Guy Pearce (best known for The Brutalist and Priscilla Queen of the Desert) who will be playing media mogul Rupert Murdoch at the start of his decades-long career.Also in the cast is Jack O'Connell (Skins and Sinners) as Larry Lamb, the editor of The Sun, who was known for introducing the Page 3 section to the paper. Claire Foy, best known for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, plays Larry's wife Jules Davies and the deputy editor of the paper.When can I watch Ink? Ink will be debuting at the Venice Film Festival at the start of September this year. It will then be available in cinemas from December 11 and then on Netflix at the start of 2027 on January 8.