The Founder Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

The true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael 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.

Cited as official plot version from weinsteinco.com

Biography Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Founder.

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  Michael Keaton

  ... Ray Croc

  What Is Life Worth, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

• L
  Laura Dern

  ... Ethel Kroc

  Jurassic World Dominion, Trial by Fire

• L
  Linda Cardellini

  ... Joan Smith

  Hunter Killer, Nonnas

• 
  Patrick Wilson

  ... Rollie Smith

  Millers in Marriage, Prometheus

• N
  Nick Offerman

  ... Dick McDonald

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Smurfs

• B
  B.J. Novak

  ... Harry Sonneborn

  The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Saving Mr. Banks

• J
  John Carroll Lynch

  ... Mac McDonald

  Camp X-Ray, Hot Pursuit

• K
  Kimberly Battista

  ... Mrs. Michael Finn

• S
  Steve Coulter

  ... Dr. Reeves

  Insidious: Chapter 2, Extraction

• C
  Catherine Dyer

  ... Mrs. Horford

  The Darkest Minds, The Devil to Pay

• M
  Mike Pniewski

  ... Harvey Peltz

  The Good Lie

Crew Behind the Film

The The Founder behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director John Lee Hancock last directed Mr. Harrigan’s Phone and The Little Things. The film's writer Robert Siegel last wrote Cruise and Turbo.

Director

John Lee Hancock

Screenwriter

Robert Siegel

Producers

Don Handfield
Karen Lunder
Jeremy Renner
Aaron Ryder

Production Details

What we know about the The Founder movie production.

Key Facts

• Laura Dern will play Ethel Kroc, Kroc’s first wife who suffers through his business schemes and whom he neglects.
• Developed in the vein of The Social Network.

Production Updates for The Founder

Apr 2016

Completed

Changed The Founder movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2016

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Mar 2015

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Plans to shoot mid-May 2015 in Atlanta.

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