Image: Guy Pearce stars as media mogul Rupert Murdoch
Director Danny Boyle is in currently
in post-production with upcoming film, Ink, about Rupert Murdoch’s 1969
purchase of newspaper, The Sun. The dramatization is exciting news for
lovers of play adaptations, which is what Ink is. It’s written by the
same hand that penned the play, James Graham.
Ink stars
some Hollywood heavyweights in major roles that are bound to excite lovers of
biographical dramas. Jack O’Connell plays editor of The Sun, Larry Lamb,
and Guy Pearce plays media mogul Rupert Murdoch. O’Connell and Danny Boyle have
previously worked together in recent horror flick, 28 Years Later, in
which Jack O’Connell plays cult leader Sir Jimmy Crystal.
Ink is
bound to dig deep into the history of journalism. The plot focuses on the
takeover of the famous British newspaper, The Sun, by some ambitious
people that have big dreams. The film was shot in London, with a
cinematographer that Boyle had previously worked with on Steve Jobs, Alwin
H. Küchler. With such an astounding force behind the film, there are bound to
be some profound revelations about society in the film. It’s something that
Boyle, the director behind such societal films as Trainspotting and Slumdog
Millionaire, is known for.
