Danny Boyle Confirms AI Use in Tabloid Drama 'Ink' After Venice Debut
On 5 September director Danny Boyle said his upcoming film "Ink" incorporates about 30 seconds of generative AI to animate historic photographs, stressing both the technology’s potential and the associated risks. The drama, which dramatizes Rupert Murdoch’s 1969 launch of the tabloid The Sun, opened the Venice Film Festival on 2 September with Jack O'Connell playing editor Larry Lamb, Variety reported. Deadline later noted that the film will be released in U. S.
cinemas on 11 December before streaming on Netflix on 8 January, and that it received strong early reviews at Venice. The Hollywood Reporter highlighted the film’s focus on Murdoch’s recruitment of Lamb. The film also premiered at the Telluride Festival in the United States, as Deadline reported.
