The Weinstein Company released a new trailer for its upcoming McDonald’s biopic The Founder ahead of its awards season qualifying run in theaters beginning today is Los Angeles. The film, directed by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks) stars Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the man who took over a small burger joint and turned it into the fast food behemoth we know today. The film also stars Laura Dern, John Carroll Lynch, and Nick Offerman.
The Founder will be getting a wide release in theaters January 20th, 2017.
Directed by John Lee Hancock (SAVING MR. BANKS), THE FOUNDER features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. Writer Robert Siegel (THE WRESTLER) details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire. The film also stars Laura Dern as Ray Kroc’s first wife Ethel; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald.
