Netflix is positioning "Ink", Danny Boyle's adaptation of James Graham's stage play about Rupert Murdoch's 1969 takeover of The Sun, as a major awards contender following a warm reception at Venice, Telluride and Toronto. The film's timeliness, exploring how Murdoch and editor Larry Lamb helped shape the modern attention economy, along with strong performances from Guy Pearce and Jack O'Connell, gives Netflix multiple potential routes into the Oscar race ahead of its December theatrical and January streaming release.

Pearce plays a young Murdoch and arrives with recent Academy goodwill after his 2024 supporting nomination for "The Brutalist", while O'Connell plays Lamb and brings momentum from "Sinners" and the "28 Years Later" films. The article compares "Ink" to "One Night in Miami", another Venice-launched adaptation of a playwright's own work that earned a screenplay nomination and an acting nod, suggesting a similar path could open up for Graham's script and the film's crafts categories, though the challenge will be building distinct campaigns for both lead performances without them competing for the same voter attention.