Anthony Bourdain‘s life is getting the big screen treatment.
Dominic Sessa, who broke out this past year in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, is set to star as the beloved food world icon for a feature film from the New York-based studio A24 and King Richard outfit Star Thrower Entertainment.
Matt Johnson, who is behind the well-received Blackberry feature, is set to direct from a script by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe.
A24 is in talks to produce with Trevor White and Tim White under Star Thrower. Johnson and Matthew Miller would also produce with Emily Rose set as an executive producer. A24 and Star Thrower recently wrapped Eternity, starring Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen.
Sessa is represented by CAA, Untitled and Hansen Jacobson; Johnson is represented by CAA and Akin Gump; Miller is represented by CAA and Akin Gump.
More to come.
