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Danny Boyle’s “Ink” Opens Venice, Hits Netflix Jan 2027

8/11/2026

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Netflix will stream director Danny Boyle's biographical drama Ink on Jan 8, 2027 after its U.S. and Latin America theatrical debut on Dec 11, 2026.
Ink will open the 83rd Venice Film Festival on Sept 2, 2026 as the opening night selection competing for the Golden Lion.
Playwright James Graham adapted his Tony-winning 2017 play Ink into the screenplay, with actor Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and actress Claire Foy as Joyce Hopkirk.

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Historical Context

In 1976 Elia Kazan released his final film, “The Last Tycoon,” produced by Sam Spiegel and adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfinished novel about Hollywood’s Golden Age. The 83rd Venice Festival now opens with Netflix’s Danny Boyle biopic “Ink,” depicting Rupert Murdoch, underscoring the festival’s decades-long role as a launchpad for high-profile media biographies.

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Story summary

Netflix will stream director Danny Boyle's biographical drama Ink on Jan 8, 2027 after its U.S. and Latin America theatrical debut on Dec 11, 2026.
Ink will open the 83rd Venice Film Festival on Sept 2, 2026 as the opening night selection competing for the Golden Lion.
Playwright James Graham adapted his Tony-winning 2017 play Ink into the screenplay, with actor Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and actress Claire Foy as Joyce Hopkirk.

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