'Saving Mr. Banks' Director to Helm Movie About McDonald's
From the origins of Mary Poppins to the origins of the Big Mac empire: ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ director John Lee Hancock’s next project is a film about the rise of the McDonald’s fast food empire. But before you roll your eyes, this movie sounds much different from his previous Oscar-bait dramas—the script was written by Robert Siegel, the filmmaker behind the (very, very) dark Patton Oswalt comedy ‘Big Fan.’