Laura Dern in talks to join Michael Keaton in McDonald's mogul bio May 12, 2015 - 11:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two-time Academy Award nominee Laura Dern is in negotiations to star opposite Michael Keaton in The Founder, the drama detailing the rise of the McDonald's fast food empire, The Hollywood Reporter said. John Lee Hancock is directing the drama, which is being produced by Aaron Ryder of FilmNation and Jeremy Renner and Don Handfield via their banner, The Combine. The Weinstein Co. is releasing the film (it’s set for a Nov. 25, 2016 ,opening) and is co-financing. Written by Robert Siegel (Big Fan), The Founder is a drama that tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Keaton), a 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. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire. Dern will play Ethel Kroc, Kroc’s first wife who suffers through his business schemes and whom he neglects. Dern received an Oscar nomination for her work opposite Reese Witherspoon in Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild. She recently wrapped production on an untitled drama from Kelly Reichardt, which also stars Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams, and will next be seen in 99 Homes opposite Andrew Garfield. The drama unspools Sept. 25.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
