Danny Boyle is the mind behind some of our favorite movies, from black comedy Trainspotting, dark thriller Shallow Grave, to tense biographical dramas like 127 Hours and the beloved horror franchise spawned by his 2002 hit 28 Days Later. The filmmaker is well known for creating immersive, gritty, and realistic worlds that instantly capture the audience’s attention. Last year, Boyle delivered the long-anticipated threequel follow-up to 28 Days Later, 28 Years Later, which has spawned a new trilogy. With impeccable performances by Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, and Ralph Fiennes, the movie was a big hit, earning $151 million worldwide on a $60 million budget.
While the third film in the new trilogy is still in production, all eyes are on Boyle’s next, titled Ink. Starring Jack O’Connell, Claire Foy and Guy Pearce, Ink is described as “an explosive cinematic rollercoaster” and follows a group of visionaries and misfits who had an idea for a new kind of news, “one that would give the people what they want and would change the face of the world we live in today.”
The movie is backed by Netflix, which, in a bid to qualify for the award season, has set a theatrical release date before the film lands on the streamer. Ink will open in select theaters on December 11 before landing on Netflix on January 8, 2027, as per Variety. Further, the feature is coming out in the middle of awards season and will make its film festival rounds. Its first stop is the Venice Film Festival, where it will compete for the Golden Lion, then it’ll head to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Else Do We Know About ‘Ink’?
To give fans a taste of what’s to come, the streamer has also released an image, wherein Pearce can be seen as a brash and young Rupert Murdoch, with O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb, the working-class newspaper journalist who helped him develop The Sun into a populist juggernaut. The feature looks period accurate and is based on the Tony Award-winning play of the same name by James Graham, who adapted his own work for the screen. With Boyle behind the project and top talents across the board, Ink might turn out to be an award-season darling, just like last year’s Frankenstein, which got a similar treatment from the streamer and received a lot of love and took home 3 Oscars.
Ink lands in US theatres on December 11; it’ll be released internationally on Netflix on January 8, 2027. Stay tuned to Collider for more such updates.
