A24 Releases Trailer for Bourdain Biopic Tony

A24 has released the first trailer for "Tony," a biopic depicting a formative summer in the life of the late chef, author and television host Anthony Bourdain. The film stars Dominic Sessa, known for his role in "The Holdovers," as a 19-year-old Bourdain in 1975 Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he discovers his passion for cooking after stumbling into a restaurant kitchen.

Directed by Matt Johnson, whose previous films include "BlackBerry" and "Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie," "Tony" draws from two early chapters of Bourdain's 2000 memoir "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly." The story follows Bourdain as an aspiring writer who loses a fellowship opportunity and heads to Provincetown. There, he works under a demanding Brazilian-born restaurateur played by Antonio Banderas, navigating the chaotic kitchen environment alongside coworkers including those portrayed by Emilia Jones as a high school acquaintance, Dagmara Domińczyk, Rich Sommer, Stavros Halkias and Leo Woodall.

The trailer highlights Bourdain's rocky transition, showing him punching walls in frustration, brawling with colleagues and pitching innovative specials to the head chef. "We're...