A24 Circling Anthony Bourdain Biopic ‘Tony’ From Star Thrower Entertainment With ‘The Holdovers’ Breakout Dominic Sessa In Talks To Star: The Dish
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Following his breakout role in the Oscar-winning dramedy The Holdovers, Dominic Sessa looks to have found his next high-profile project as sources tell Deadline he is attached to star as the late chef Anthony Bourdain in the biopic Tony from Oscar-nominated production company Star Thrower Entertainment.
Sources also tell Deadline that A24 is in negotiations to acquire the package. Tim and Trevor White of Star Thrower and Matt Miller are producing along with director Matt Johnson.
Lou Howe and Todd Bartels penned the script. Emily Rose will exec produce. A24 and Star Thrower had no comment. Bourdain came up cooking in various restaurants across Manhattan in the 1980s and ’90s, including being the exec chef at Brasserie Les Halles, but it was his essay collection about the ugly secrets of restaurants that put him on the map.
Following their publication in The New Yorker, Bourdain became an instant star on the media food scene due to his point-blank, tell-it-like-it-is tone that audiences were not accustomed to.
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