A24 has formally introduced its posthumous Anthony Bourdain biopic, titled Tony. The Holdovers‘ breakout star Dominic Sessa has been confirmed to star within the titular position, with Antonio Banderas additionally being solid in an undisclosed position.
Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) is about to direct from a screenplay co-written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe, in accordance with Selection. Tony will likely be set in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1976, roughly two years earlier than a 20-year-old Bourdain graduated from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA).
This marks the second time Bourdain’s life has been delivered to the display screen. In 2005, his exposé/memoir on the culinary business, Kitchen Confidential, was tailored right into a sitcom starring Bradley Cooper.
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A posthumous documentary, Roadrunner, was launched in 2021 and used AI know-how to deepfake Bourdain’s voice because the narrator of the movie.
A launch date for Tony has but to be revealed.