“Roadrunner,” the new Documentary about Anthony Bourdain, is set for Summer Release

It’s been just three years since we lost a giant of the food, travel and journalism world in Anthony Bourdain, who died in 2018 at the age of 61. But this summer we’ll be getting yet another glimpse into his life when a documentary called Roadrunner is released in theaters and streaming, reports The Chicago Sun-Times. His posthumous book, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, assembled by his longtime assistant Laurie Woolever, just hit bookstores last week.

Bourdain shot to fame after the publication of his frank, behind-the-scenes account of restaurant life in “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” in 2000 and became a beloved culinary travel guide with his CNN series “Parts Unknown.”

The movie is being helmed by director Morgan Neville, who won an Academy Award for his 2014 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and later told the story of Mister Rogers in Won’t You Be My Neighbor. Roadrunner is set to premiere on June 11 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Its wider theatrical release date is July 16, and after the run is over, it will be available on CNN and for streaming via HBO Max.

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