John Lee Hancock to explore McDonald's history

The filmmaker behind "The Blind Side" and "Saving Mr. Banks" is in talks to helm "The Founder," a feature telling the history of the world's largest fast food chain.

If a deal is reached, John Lee Hancock will direct this film about the rise of Ray Kroc, the entrepreneur who transformed the McDonald brothers' small chain of hamburger restaurants into a multi-national corporation capable of serving over 60 million customers per day worldwide.

As a milkshake machine salesman in the 1950s, Kroc came across Mac and Dick's operation and was impressed by their quick and efficient system for serving customers. He joined the company as a franchising agent in 1954 and helped take the brand nationwide.

Since the McDonald brothers were reticent to let their company grow too large, they eventually sold the venture to Kroc, who turned it into the empire we know today.

Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton are among the actors approached to play the bold and visionary entrepreneur. The latter actor is reportedly waiting to see who will be in the director's chair before making his decision.

FilmNation, the studio behind the project, is said to be envisioning a feature along the lines of "The Social Network," David Fincher's film on Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg. "The Wrestler" scribe Robert Siegel will pen the script.