The British film Ink, from Danny Boyle, is arriving on American screens first, it’s been confirmed. More on its release strategy right here. We’ve got so used to films arriving around the world at the same time, that it’s something of an oddity to spot a reasonably high-profile movie where that’s not the case. Case ... Danny Boyle’s Ink, and its slightly staggered release date approach
The British film Ink, from Danny Boyle, is arriving on American screens first, it’s been confirmed. More on its release strategy right here.
We’ve got so used to films arriving around the world at the same time, that it’s something of an oddity to spot a reasonably high-profile movie where that’s not the case.
Case in point is Danny Boyle’s upcoming feature Ink, which is the kind of feature that’s expected to trouble the various awards bodies at the end of the year. In it, Guy Pearce plays Rupert Murdoch, in the story of Murdoch’s rise. Jack O’Connell co-stars, and he’s in the first image, that’s now been released from the movie.
With film festivals incoming, its formal release date has been announced and there’s an odd split here.
In the UK, Studiocanal is releasing the film, and it’s heading into cinemas on 8th January 2027.
However, the distribution for the movie in the US lies with Netflix. It’s doing its token theatrical release to try and get the movie qualifying for awards, but in America, the release date will be 11th December 2026, for what’s fundamentally a British film.
Then, and I can’t imagine Studiocanal is too thrilled about this, it’s planning to release the movie on its streaming platform in America on the same day Ink arrives in UK cinemas: 8th January.
For distributors in the UK, such as True Brit and Studiocanal, this is the occasional peril of the co-production. Films such as The Death Of Robin Hood from the former and Pressure from the latter are lining up for autumn cinema releases in Britain, in spite of both being released in the States in the spring.
On the flip side, US audiences have had to wait extra months for the terrific The Magic Faraway Tree, but then it’s had a very limited US release.
Ink isn’t quite at the blockbuster level to get a unified release date, and the requirements of Oscar eligibility have forced Netflix’s hand a little. For Studiocanal, January is a good slot for a ‘serious’ drama too, so the release date variance is understandable. Just a teeny bit frustrating.
More on Ink in due course.
