James Graham’s Ink set for the big screen – with casting plans revealed

James Graham‘s Ink will reportedly be adapted for the big screen.

Graham’s piece, which opened at the Almeida in north London in June 2017, went on to transfer into the West End last winter. The show was nominated for four Olivier Awards and won one for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for Bertie Carvel.

Directed by Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Rupert Goold, Graham’s original stage play follows newspaper owner Rupert Murdoch as he turns The Sun newspaper into a global sensation. In her review of the show’s original run, Sarah Crompton said that “the supple power of Graham’s writing always has the capacity to wrong-foot expectations, to frame difficult questions.” It subsequently transferred to Broadway.

Deadline has now revealed that there are plans to shoot a big-screen version of the play from October, with Graham on screenwriting duty. Danny Boyle is reportedly set to direct the flick, while Guy Pearce (Memento) and Jack O’Connell (Sinners) are being courted for the roles of Murdoch and Larry Lamb respectively. Tracey Seaward also produces, with Tonia Davis is an exec producer.

Graham’s new play Punch will be transferring into the West End this autumn, after his recent play Make It Happen recently concluded its world premiere run in Dundee and Edinburgh.