#FIRSTLOOK: CANADIAN RELEASE DATE FOR ANTHONY BOURDAIN BIOPIC “TONY”

TONY IS IN CANADIAN THEATRES AUGUST 14, 2026 via A24.

Directed by Matt Johnson (BlackBerry), TONY, is the electric origin story of one of the modern era’s most beloved icons, Anthony Bourdain.

Provincetown in 1975. A kid from New Jersey crashes into the heat of a kitchen alongside a renegade crew of cooks, pirates, and degenerates – restless, reckless, and hungry for something he couldn’t yet name. TONY is a raw portrait of a young man becoming someone the world would never forget. In Canadian theatres on August 14, 2026.

Synopsis: A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

Directed by: Matt Johnson (BlackBerry, Nirvanna the Band the Show)

Starring: Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers), Emilia Jones (CODA), Dagmara Domińczyk (Succession), Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Stavros Halkias (Bugonia), with Leo Woodall (Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy) and Antonio Banderas (Babygirl)

Written by: Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller, Todd Bartels and Lou Howe

Produced by: Tim White, Trevor White, Matthew Miller, Matt Johnson

Director of Photography: Michael Bauman

Production Design by: Ryan Warren Smith

Editing by: Curt Lobb and Robert Upchurch

Costume Design by: Chloe Karmin

Music by: Jay McCarrol

TONY releases in Canadian theatres August 14, 2026.

ABOUT A24:

A24 is an acclaimed global entertainment company known for producing and distributing films, television series, documentaries, music, publishing, and consumer products. Established in New York in 2012, A24 has cultivated a library of over 190 films and 50 TV series, earning critical and commercial acclaim with more than 21 Oscars, 20 Golden Globes, and 19 Emmys. Renowned for groundbreaking hits like Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Uncut Gems, The Brutalist and Backrooms, A24 has developed a passionate fanbase and expanded into ventures like Half Magic and the Cherry Lane Theater. Upcoming projects include Primetime starring Robert Pattison, The Debut directed by Jesse Eisenberg and starring Julianne Moore, Club Kid directed and starring Jordan Firstman and Elden Ring starring Kit Connor.

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN”

We present the brand-new Trailer for Anthony Bourdain Documentary, ROADRUNNER!

Story: 

It’s not where you go. It’s what you leave behind . . . Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?), this unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

Focus Features release ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN is in theatres July 16, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Focus Features)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “ROADRUNNER” – ANTHONY BOURDAIN DOCUMENTARY

This one hits close to home. We love Anthony Bourdain and can’t wait to see this Documentary about his fascinating life.

Synopsis:

A documentary about the uncommon life of the late storyteller, explorer, and chef, Anthony Bourdain. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, June 11, 2021.

The documentary is directed by Academy Award® winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?). Focus Features will first release the documentary exclusively in theaters on Friday, July 16, 2021 before the film premieres on television on CNN and streams via HBO Max. CNN Films and HBO Max executive produced the film.

(Photo/video credit: Focus Features)

#SPOTTED: ANTHONY BOURDAIN IN TORONTO FOR SONY CENTRE APPEARANCE

Renowned culinary icon Anthony Bourdain is in Toronto for an appearance at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. Currently on his The Hunger, 2016 North American Tour, the fearless chef and best-selling author just appeared in Detroit last night before getting and up at early doing Press today. Bourdain made an early stop at KISS 92.5‘s The Roz & Mocha Show and has his schedule packed tomorrow with more Press. Just having release his new Cookbook APPETITIES: A COOKBOOK, Bourdain certainly has a lot on his plate.

Bourdain is schedule to reflect on his world travels tomorrow before an intimate audience discussing culture and street cuisine from exotic locations.  He currently is filming CNN Series ANTHONY BOURDAIN PARTS UNKNOWN also!

Although a quick interaction, Bourdain was pure class and a gentleman, stopping for a quick Snap before heading into his appearance.

Our Snap:

With culinary icon #AnthonyBourdain, appearing tomorrow night at Sony Centre!

A photo posted by Mr. Will W🎃ng 📸 (@mrwillwong) on Oct 31, 2016 at 8:51am PDT

For more on  his Sony Centre appearance, click here.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

#SPOTTED: NIGELLA LAWSON IN TORONTO FOR “NIGELLISSIMA: INSTANT ITALIAN INSPIRATION”

“Food Porn” Queen Nigella Lawson is currently in Toronto in support of both her latest Book, Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration available via Random House in Canada.  The stunning British Food Writer and Television Personality met hundreds of Fans at Indigo – Manulife Centre yesterday, signing copies of her Book and earlier today was at City‘s Breakfast Television cooking-up recipes from it also.

Stunning, even at 7:00 AM, Lawson stepped-out of her Mercedes and was sweet enough to stop for a Photo with me, as she was kept dry under the rain by her Handler.

Lawson also currently can be seen on ABC‘s The Taste, pairing her with Culinary Greats Anthony Bourdain, Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey, a Cooking competition all about… you guess it, taste.  The Series airs Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM EST on CTV in Canada.

Order Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration here.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong/Random House)