Overview

• James Graham has adapted his 2017 play for the screenplay, tracing Rupert Murdoch’s early push to remake The Sun.
• Guy Pearce is in talks to portray Murdoch, with Jack O’Connell in negotiations to play editor Larry Lamb, according to industry reports.
• Danny Boyle will produce alongside Tessa Ross, Michael Ellenberg and Tracey Seaward, with Tonia Davis serving as executive producer.
• Studiocanal is fully financing, plans releases in the U.K., France, Germany, Poland, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand, and will handle worldwide sales.
• The project, reported to be in pre-production, follows Murdoch’s 1969 acquisition of The Sun and its rivalry with The Mirror that helped define British tabloid journalism.