Danny Boyle has confirmed his new film Ink was shot at the Odhams print works shortly before it closed down.
The Netflix production premiered at Venice International Film Festival yesterday and, during a press conference, the director spoke about filming at the historic print site.
Highlighting that it closed down in July this year, around the same time production was completed, he expressed concern for the future of the print industry depicted in the film.
Jack O’Connell stars as The Sun editor Larry Lamb, alongside Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch who has just become the new owner as the film begins.
It is adapted from James Graham’s 2017 stage play of the same name.
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Odhams Press Limited started building on land now occupied by Asda in 1935, expanding to cover more than 17 acres and employing almost 2,500 people by the mid-1950s.
It continued to expand and modernise in the 1960s before being bought by Mirror Group owner Robert Maxwell in 1983.
With the site now closed, heritage campaigners, Watford Borough Council, and Watford MP Matt Turmaine have pushed to ensure the “striking” building is preserved as part of any future use of the site.
Ink will be released in cinemas on January 8, 2027. The film also stars Claire Foy as Jules Davies, a fictional reporter who is an amalgam of real-life figures working at the newspaper at the time.
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