Netflix has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Danny Boyle's new film Ink well before the movie makes its debut at the Venice Film Festival, according to a report by IndieWire.
The deal was struck even though Venice won't begin for another month and a half. Studiocanal produced the film and is handling distribution across several international territories. Netflix acquiring only regional rights rather than global rights is uncommon for the streamer.
Ink stars Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy. The film is a 1960s period piece about editor Larry Lamb and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and how the two transformed the British tabloid The Sun into one of the most influential and scandalous publications in England.
The script was written by James Graham, an Olivier Award-winning playwright, based on his own 2017 play of the same name.
The film will play in competition at the Venice Biennale on September 2. The festival runs through September 12. This marks the first time Boyle has taken a film to Venice.
Boyle's last feature was 28 Years Later, released last year. Ink is the first film he has made outside of an existing franchise since Yesterday, his 2019 Beatles musical. The film reunites Boyle with producer Tessa Ross, with whom he last worked on Slumdog Millionaire. Other producers include Tracey Seaward and Michael Ellenberg for Media Res.
The deal was handled by WME Independent and Studiocanal.
