Danny Boyle's INK Gets a Wild New Trailer About the Rise of Rupert Murdoch's Tabloid Empire

Danny Boyle is taking us back to 1969, when newspapers were ruthless, journalism was getting a serious shake-up, and Rupert Murdoch was about to turn the British media industry upside down.

Studiocanal and Netflix have released a new trailer forInk, and it looks like a chaotic, fast-paced ride through the birth of one of Britain's most notorious tabloids, The Sun.

The film follows Murdoch, played by Guy Pearce, as he purchases the struggling British newspaper and teams up with editor Larry Lamb, played by Jack O'Connell, to transform it into a media powerhouse.

Their approach to journalism throws out the old rules in favor of outrageous headlines, controversy, and stories designed to grab the public's attention.

It's a story about ambition, rebellion, and the kind of media revolution that helped create the news culture we're still dealing with today.

Boyle brings his trademark manic energy to the material, and the trailer makes the whole thing look like Trainspotting crashed headfirst into a 1970s newsroom. There's plenty of attitude, outrageous behavior, and the kind of reckless ambition that makes for a great movie, even when the people involved aren't exactly heroes.

Boyle previously talked about the unlikely success of Murdoch and Lamb's partnership, saying: "These two men created a new tabloid that, 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."

The film also stars Claire Foy as Jules Davies, alongside Blake Harrison, Patrick Kennedy, Angus Imrie, and Brian Gleeson.

The official synopsis reads: "An explosive cinematic rollercoaster about a group of visionaries and misfits who had an idea for a new kind of news – one that would give the people what they wanted and would change the face of the world we live in today.”

The screenplay comes from James Graham, who adapted his own acclaimed 2017 stage play. Boyle has built a career making movies that refuse to play nice, from Trainspotting and 28 Days Later to Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Jobs, and the more recent 28 Years Later. A story about a bunch of media troublemakers tearing apart the newspaper establishment seems right up his alley.

The film begins its U.S. theatrical run on December 11, 2026, before arriving on Netflix on January 8, 2027. Studiocanal will release it in UK theaters on January 8, 2027.