Guy Pearce , who is coming off his recent Oscar nomination, is circling a starring role as media mogul Rupert Murdoch .

Pearce is in talks to lead director Danny Boyle ‘s movie Ink , which is set to center on Murdoch’s path to power. The film from Studiocanal , Media Res and House Productions also has Jack O’Connell eyeing a role as Larry Lamb, the late editor of The Sun .

Boyle helms the film from a script by James Graham, who adapted his play of the same name that opened in London in 2017. In his 2019 review for The Hollywood Reporter of the Broadway run that earned two Tonys, critic David Rooney wrote that the play “has undeniable currency in the era of Brexit and Trump.”

Guy Pearce , who is coming off his recent Oscar nomination, is circling a starring role as media

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