{"id":2406398,"date":"2026-05-07T18:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406398"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:16:52","slug":"anthony-bourdains-estate-issues-statement-about-tony-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anthony-bourdains-estate-issues-statement-about-tony-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Bourdain’s estate issues statement about ‘Tony’ movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Tony,” an upcoming biopic about Anthony Bourdain starring Dominic Sessa, was filmed in Cape Cod and the South Shore in 2025.<\/h2>\n

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\n\tDominic Sessa as Anthony Bourdain in “Tony,” the upcoming movie filmed in Massachusetts. Bob Gruen\t<\/p>\n

\u201cTony,\u201d the upcoming movie about Anthony Bourdain filmed in Massachusetts<\/a> last summer, is a snapshot of the late celebrity chef\u2019s life, chronicling a formative summer spent working in a Provincetown<\/a> restaurant.<\/p>\n

Directed by Matt Johnson (\u201cBlackBerry\u201d), the film stars Dominic Sessa (\u201cThe Holdovers\u201d) as a teenage version of Bourdain, whose first brush with the restaurant world<\/a> came while working as a dishwasher at the now-closed Flagship Restaurant.<\/p>\n

Based on the first trailer for the film released by A24, \u201cTony\u201d will be an unvarnished look at Bourdain\u2019s wild side. The chef, author, and TV host struggled with addiction throughout his life, and admitted in a 2016 interview<\/a> that he \u201cshould\u2019ve died in [his] 20s.\u201d<\/p>\n