Actor to lead adaptation of acclaimed play Ink with Jack O’Connell also in talks to play the Sun editor Larry Lamb
Danny Boyle is set to direct an adaptation of award-winning play Ink, based on the rise of the Rupert Murdoch empire.
According to Deadline, Guy Pearce is in talks to take on the lead role with Jack O’Connell also in negotiations to star as Larry Lamb, who Murdoch hired to run the Sun in the late 1960s.
The film will be written by original playwright James Graham, whose other screen credits include recent TV drama Brian and Maggie. Ink was a critical hit after it premiered on stage in 2017 going on to win an Olivier award and two Tonys.
The Guardian’s Michael Billington called it a “gripping piece of theatre”.
