EXCLUSIVE: Stavros Halkias , a buzzy comedian recently making his way into acting with projects like Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia and indie comedy Let’s Start a Cult , has come aboard for a role in Tony , the forthcoming Anthony Bourdain biopic from A24 , Star Thrower and Zapruder Films, which has wrapped production.
Character details are under wraps. As previously announced, The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa leads the cast, which also includes Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, and Leo Woodall.
While pic’s logline is under wraps, sources say the film takes place during the summer of 1976, when a young Anthony Bourdain has a life-changing summer in Provincetown.
BlackBerry helmer Matt Johnson is directing from a script by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe. A24 is producing with Tim