{"id":1919140,"date":"2026-05-05T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1919140"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:24:28","slug":"anthony-bourdain-finds-his-culinary-calling-in-first-trailer-for-biopic-tony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1919140","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Bourdain finds his culinary calling in first trailer for biopic \u2018Tony\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bourdain@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Film News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anthony Bourdain finds his culinary calling in first trailer for biopic \u2018Tony\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>It stars \u2018The Holdovers\u2019 Dominic Sessa and follows the late culinary icon as he first discovered his love for cooking<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Liberty Dunworth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-05T16:24:28+01:00\">5th May 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bourdain@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain\" title=\"bourdain@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Anthony Bourdain. CREDIT: Isaac Brekken\/WireImage\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The first trailer for the new Anthony Bourdain biopic, <em>Tony<\/em>, has dropped and it gives us insight into the late culinary icon\u2019s early years.<\/p>\n<p>Set to arrive in cinemas this August, the new A24 film is directed by Matt Johnson (<em>Blackberry<\/em>) and stars <em>The Holdovers<\/em>\u2019 Dominic Sessa in the title role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019ll take a deep dive into the early years of the late food icon, and explore how he started out as an aspiring writer before discovering his love for cooking. This, he did by taking a job at a restaurant on Cape Cod over one summer when he was 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m actually not a fucking cook,\u201d Sessa excalims in the tense, heated trailer. \u201cI\u2019m a writer. But I said I know how to cook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starring alongside Sessa are Antonio Banderas \u2013 playing the chef at the restaurant who helped him find his true calling \u2013 as well as Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommers and Stavros Halkias.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1MVnzd2aVc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>After being inspired by that summer on Cape Cod, Bourdain went on to establish himself in New York\u2019s culinary scene after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978, running the kitchens of prestigious restaurants including One Fifth Avenue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>He shot to global fame in 2000 after releasing the best-selling book <em>Kitchen Confidential: Adventures In The Culinary Underbelly<\/em>, and two years later ventured into TV for <em>A Cook\u2019s Tour<\/em> on The Food Network.<\/p>\n<p>He would later join the Travel Channel with <em>Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations<\/em> \u2013 which bagged two Emmy Awards and featured high-profile faces including Queens Of The Stone Age\u2019s\u00a0Josh Homme.<\/p>\n<p>His most hit series, <em>Parts Unknown<\/em>, launched on CNN in 2013 and saw him mixing cooking with travels across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved American chef and author died by suicide in 2018, aged 61.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>His estate have issued a statement saying that they \u201cchose to support <em>Tony<\/em> because it is not a standard biopic and doesn\u2019t attempt to summarise a life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuided by the vision of director Matt Johnson, the film depicts one transformative summer in 1975 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is an interpretation, as that part of Tony\u2019s life will always remain somewhat unknown,\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the portrayal of Tony\u2019s complexity, his intellectual appetite and his conviction \u2013 qualities that eventually took him around the globe and endeared him to so many. We hope this film serves as a reminder that every journey has a start, and that audiences see the beginnings of the man who taught us how to be better explorers on our own paths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director Matt Johnson previously spoke to <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> about casting Sessa as the lead and cited multiple similarities between the actor and the late culinary giant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[They\u2019re] both from Jersey, both sent to private school, but didn\u2019t fit in, both restless and searching,\u201d he explained. \u201cI knew if a scene was working when Dom said, \u2018Seems right,\u2019 and I knew it wasn\u2019t when he said, \u2018Why would I say this?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than any movie I\u2019ve ever made, this film was a partnership with an actor. He is in every shot of the movie, and carries the entire story on his hunched shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_93 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_93\">\n<div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">TRENDING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_93\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Post-hardcore crew Static Dress are crafting a consummate creative world<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Kacey Musgraves \u2013 \u2018Middle Of Nowhere\u2019 review: a country heroine\u2019s journey back to her roots<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Kneecap on \u2018Fenian\u2019 and fighting back: \u201cWe understand that religious divide serves absolutely nobody\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Richard Gadd survived \u2018Baby Reindeer\u2019 \u2013 but can he endure his own success?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">No Na: the fiery R&amp;B girl group bringing Indonesia to the world<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_1  tdi_94 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_95\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_96  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_98  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_100  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_102  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_104 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_105 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_105\">\n<div id=\"tdi_105\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Anthony Bourdain finds his culinary calling in first trailer for biopic \u2018Tony\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">A Canadian fiddler is suing Google for $1.5million after AI Overview wrongly said he was a sex offender<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Gaming News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Xbox Game Pass is getting 14 new titles this May 2026<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Fans think Greta Van Fleet might have split up after cryptic post: \u201cThanks for the wild ride\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Lizzo will not back down in backup dancers lawsuit: \u201cThe truth is less salacious than the headlines\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Little Grandad share debut tracks \u2018Sleepwalking\u2019 and \u2018Unmasked\u2019 and announce London residency<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The first trailer for the new Anthony Bourdain biopic, <em>Tony<\/em>, has dropped and it gives us insight into the late culinary icon\u2019s early years.<\/p>\n<p>Set to arrive in cinemas this August, the new A24 film is directed by Matt Johnson (<em>Blackberry<\/em>) and stars <em>The Holdovers<\/em>\u2019 Dominic Sessa in the title role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019ll take a deep dive into the early years of the late food icon, and explore how he started out as an aspiring writer before discovering his love for cooking. This, he did by taking a job at a restaurant on Cape Cod over one summer when he was 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m actually not a fucking cook,\u201d Sessa excalims in the tense, heated trailer. \u201cI\u2019m a writer. But I said I know how to cook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starring alongside Sessa are Antonio Banderas \u2013 playing the chef at the restaurant who helped him find his true calling \u2013 as well as Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommers and Stavros Halkias.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1MVnzd2aVc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>After being inspired by that summer on Cape Cod, Bourdain went on to establish himself in New York\u2019s culinary scene after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978, running the kitchens of prestigious restaurants including One Fifth Avenue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>He shot to global fame in 2000 after releasing the best-selling book <em>Kitchen Confidential: Adventures In The Culinary Underbelly<\/em>, and two years later ventured into TV for <em>A Cook\u2019s Tour<\/em> on The Food Network.<\/p>\n<p>He would later join the Travel Channel with <em>Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations<\/em> \u2013 which bagged two Emmy Awards and featured high-profile faces including Queens Of The Stone Age\u2019s\u00a0Josh Homme.<\/p>\n<p>His most hit series, <em>Parts Unknown<\/em>, launched on CNN in 2013 and saw him mixing cooking with travels across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved American chef and author died by suicide in 2018, aged 61.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>His estate have issued a statement saying that they \u201cchose to support <em>Tony<\/em> because it is not a standard biopic and doesn\u2019t attempt to summarise a life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuided by the vision of director Matt Johnson, the film depicts one transformative summer in 1975 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is an interpretation, as that part of Tony\u2019s life will always remain somewhat unknown,\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the portrayal of Tony\u2019s complexity, his intellectual appetite and his conviction \u2013 qualities that eventually took him around the globe and endeared him to so many. We hope this film serves as a reminder that every journey has a start, and that audiences see the beginnings of the man who taught us how to be better explorers on our own paths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director Matt Johnson previously spoke to <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> about casting Sessa as the lead and cited multiple similarities between the actor and the late culinary giant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[They\u2019re] both from Jersey, both sent to private school, but didn\u2019t fit in, both restless and searching,\u201d he explained. \u201cI knew if a scene was working when Dom said, \u2018Seems right,\u2019 and I knew it wasn\u2019t when he said, \u2018Why would I say this?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than any movie I\u2019ve ever made, this film was a partnership with an actor. He is in every shot of the movie, and carries the entire story on his hunched shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/anthony-bourdain-finds-his-culinary-calling-in-first-trailer-for-biopic-tony-3944176&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bourdain@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsFilm News Anthony Bourdain finds his culinary calling in first trailer for biopic \u2018Tony\u2019 It stars \u2018The Holdovers\u2019 Dominic Sessa and follows the late culinary icon as he first discovered his love for cooking By Liberty Dunworth 5th May 2026 Anthony Bourdain. CREDIT: Isaac Brekken\/WireImage\/Getty The first trailer for the new Anthony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-1919140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1919140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1919140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1919140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1919140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}