CNN has announced that its CNN Films label, HBO Max, and Focus Features are all going to collaborate on a new documentary about Anthony Bourdain—who died a little over a year ago. The film will be directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville, who previously made 20 Feet From Stardom and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, so it’s certainly a buzz-worthy choice for what will most likely be a high-profile documentary. In a statement, Neville said that Bourdain “did more to help us understand each other than just about anyone in the history of television,” adding that he “connected with people not in spite of his flaws, but because of them” and that it’s “humbling” to be able to tell his story.
This is almost certainly the same project that CNN Films announced last August, though the plan back then was to release the film in theaters and then move it over to CNN after that. With a new streaming service on the horizon, though, it sounds like CNN will just be skipping past the theatrical run.
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This still makes me sad. đ
Did we ever find out what the deal was with his âFuck Baby Driverâ Tweet? I feel like I lost track of that story.
I donât want this at all. I donât want hagiography, I donât want cash-in, I donât want tasteful and bland biopic. I just donât want this.Â
So donât watch it.and why bother posting here anyway? Do you think you deserve praise for not liking this?
It says documentary, not biopic…
Still not over it.Â
Probably never will be. No Reservations was running on some channel the other day, and I promptly sunk into about four soothing, entertaining and enlightening hours of foreign food and culture and wept when it ended. God, I miss this dude.Â
Man I canât even watch his old shows anymore. After it happened, I never watched any episodes again; the rest of the season sat unviewed on our DVR. I did get lulled into reading his Les Halles cookbook once, and a few pages later I realized why I felt weird about reading his book and got sad all over again.
Man I canât even watch his old shows anymore. After it happened, I never watched any episodes again; the rest of the season sat unviewed on our DVR. I did get lulled into reading his Les Halles cookbook once, and a few pages later I realized why I felt weird about reading his book and got sad all over again.