Danny Boyle says Ink's US cut will show the Sun's Hillsborough 'The Truth' headline that UK viewers won't see
By Fuzzy Mushroom · Published
Danny Boyle says the American version of Ink, his film about the birth of Rupert Murdoch's Sun, will show in full the newspaper headlines that are blacked out in the UK version, including the 1989 'The Truth' front page that falsely blamed Liverpool fans for the Hillsborough disaster. He blamed Britain's tougher laws for the UK redactions; in an October interview with the BFI he said the Sun had refused permission for some of that material. A new US cut is being prepared for the film's 11 December release, and Boyle hopes the change will eventually reach Britain, where Ink opens on 8 January before streaming on Netflix.
Should UK viewers get to see the uncut version of Ink?
How solid is this story?
Spore Score for the story: 86 (Rock solid). Status: Confirmed. On the record: Danny Boyle on stage at Deadline's Contenders Film Los Angeles; earlier BFI interview.
Coming up
- Ink is out 11 December 2026.
Sources
- Deadline: Danny Boyle Says Tabloid Headlines Censored In British Version Of 'Ink' Will Be Shown In U.S. (14 November 2026)
- BFI: Danny Boyle on his tabloid chronicle Ink: "The attention economy, clickbait, the dopamine economy – this is its hatching point" (16 October 2026)
- Headliner: Danny Boyle krijgt volledige Sun-koppen in Amerikaanse release van Ink (15 November 2026)
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