{"id":18836,"date":"2017-01-18T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=18836"},"modified":"2017-01-23T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T20:46:18","slug":"blind-side-directors-latest-film-the-founder-opens-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/01\/blind-side-directors-latest-film-the-founder-opens-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blind Side&#8217; director&#8217;s latest film, &#8216;The Founder,&#8217; opens Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19502\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/founder-jan17.png\" alt=\"The Founder\" width=\"600\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/founder-jan17.png 800w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/founder-jan17-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/founder-jan17-768x284.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With hits like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2009\/11\/alums-latest-film-the-blind-side-hits-theaters-today\/\">The Blind Side<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0318974\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3\">The Alamo<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0265662\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_4\">The Rookie<\/a><\/em> under his belt,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/alumni\/magazine\/1301\/index.php?id=869598\">John Lee Hancock<\/a>, BA \u201979, JD \u201982, has built a reputation as one of Hollywood\u2019s top writers and directors. Friday, the two-time Baylor alum\u2019s 10th\u00a0feature film, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4276820\/\">The Founder<\/a><\/em>, hits the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Hancock&#8217;s latest tells the story of fast-food magnate Ray Kroc, the man who\u00a0oversaw\u00a0McDonald\u2019s growth into an iconic company. Movie posters for the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/ilan-mochari\/ray-kroc-the-founder-biopic-mcdonalds-michael-keaton.html\">promise juicy details about his role in the company<\/a> that many fans of the chain haven\u2019t heard. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AX2uz2XYkbo\">Watch the trailer here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AX2uz2XYkbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Michael Keaton headlines the film in the role of Ray Kroc, working alongside such other\u00a0well-known actors and actresses as\u00a0Nick Offerman, Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini and B.J. Novak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[REVIEWS: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/reviews\/the-founder-review-michael-keaton-1201923034\/\">Variety<\/a><\/em> || <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-founder-review-20161206-story.html\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em> || <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/01\/16\/review-the-founder-mcdonalds-michael-keaton-movie\/96549294\/\">USA Today<\/a><\/em>\u00a0|| <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/20\/business\/media\/the-founder-like-ray-kroc-feasts-on-mcdonalds-imagery.html?_r=0\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Founder<\/em> marks the sixth time Hancock has\u00a0sat in the director\u2019s chair. He has also\u00a0produced the 2000 film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0156812\/\">My Dog Skip<\/a><\/em> and wrote six other films, including <em>The Blind Side,\u00a0The Alamo<\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0119668\/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_7\">Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil<\/a><\/em> and the film that first earned him nationwide notice, Clint Eastwood&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0107808\/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_8\">A Perfect World<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, John Lee Hancock!<\/p>\n<p><em>[1\/23\/17 update:\u00a0Hancock isn&#8217;t the only Bear who helped shape <\/em>The Founder<em>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0362029\/\">Phil Hardage<\/a>, BA &#8217;87, also served as first assistant director on the film. Hardage had previously worked\u00a0as an assistant or unit director under Hancock on <\/em>The Rookie<em> and <\/em>The Alamo<em>, and with other directors\u00a0on such films as\u00a0<\/em>Office Space<em>, <\/em>Gone in Sixty Seconds<em> and <\/em>The Notebook<em>, as well as\u00a0on such TV series as <\/em>Friday Night Lights<em> and <\/em>Dallas<em>.]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With hits like The Blind Side, The Alamo and The Rookie under his belt,\u00a0John Lee Hancock, BA \u201979, JD \u201982, has built a reputation as one of Hollywood\u2019s top writers and directors. Friday, the two-time Baylor alum\u2019s 10th\u00a0feature film, The Founder, hits the big screen. Hancock&#8217;s latest tells the story of fast-food magnate Ray Kroc, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-just-for-fun","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}