Hancock (film) Hancock (film) Hancock is a 2008 American superhero comedy film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman. It tells the story of a vigilante superhero, John Hancock (Smith) from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars. Eventually one person he saves, Ray Embrey (Bateman), makes it his mission to change Hancock's public image for the better. The story was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in "development hell" for years and had various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Jonathan Mostow, and Gabriele Muccino before
John Hancock (Australian businessman) John Hancock (Australian businessman) John Hancock (born 1976 as John Langley Hayward) is an Australian businessman. He is the son of Gina Rinehart and grandson of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock. John Hancock was born John Langley Hayward. He has a younger sister Bianca Rinehart and two half sisters Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker. He changed his surname to Hancock, tribute to his grandfather after a dispute with his mining magnate mother Gina Rinehart. His father is Englishman Greg Milton. who later changed his name to Greg Hayward. Hancock was educated abroad at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts