Steven Goldman chats with director John Lee Hancock about The Founder… Directed by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks; The Blind Side), The Founder stars Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc – a down-at-heel salesman from Illinois who transformed a successful restaurant run by brothers Mac and Dick McDonald (John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman) into […]
Movie Review – The Founder (2016)
The Founder, 2016. Directed by John Lee Hancock Starring Michael Keaton, Linda Cardellini, Nick Offerman, and John Carroll Lynch. SYNOPSIS: An intimate look into the makings of one of the world’s greatest businesses – McDonald’s – and the power-hungry man that orchestrated it all. Ray Croc is a failing businessman with a burning desire to […]
B.J. Novak signs on for McDonald’s Founder Biopic starring Michael Keaton
As if The Founder didn’t already sound promising enough the highly anticipated biopic, telling the story of the notorious McDonald’s exec Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), has just added another very talented actor to its cast. B.J. Novak of NBC’s The Office has now joined the pic, marking the actor/comedian’s reunion with director John Lee Hancock. […]
Laura Dern set to star in McDonald’s drama The Founder
The Hollywood Reporter has exclusive news this evening with word of that Oscar nominee Laura Dern (Wild) is in talks to join The Founder, the new drama which tells the story of the rise of McDonald’s and its vast food empire. Fellow Oscar nominee Michael Keaton (Birdman) stars in the film as Ray Kroc, the […]
