Timothée Chalamet is going to star and produce in upcoming Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet is going to star in and produce Marty Supreme, an original movie from Josh Safdie and A24.
Multiple sources told Variety, “Marty Supreme is a fictionalised story,” while it is also reported that the movie is inspired by professional ping pong player Marty Reisman.
The outlet shared that the upcoming movie is written by Josh and Ronald Bronstein, who also produce alongside Eli Bush and Anthony Katagas.
It is pertinent to mention that the movie will reunite Josh with producer A24, which distributed his last two movies, Uncut Gems and Good Time.
Taking to X, A24 confirmed the news, writing, “Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME starring @RealChalamet. Coming soon.”
Interestingly, Timothée revealed that he was a big fan of the Safdie brothers, as he wrote an essay for Variety in 2019 about their Adam Sandler thriller Uncut Gems.
“The pair have continuously put out contemporary, raw and untethered work over the last decade, each film building on the traits of the prior, but never once sacrificing their innate grittiness,” wrote the Wonka star.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Timothée can be seen in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two and Wonka, a prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The actor also finished filming on James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown in which he plays the role of a young Bob Dylan.
For the unversed, Marty was a table tennis champion who won 22 major ping pong titles from 1946 to 2002 and won five bronze medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. At 67, he competed in the United States National Hardbat Championship and became the oldest player to win an open national competition in a racket sport. He died in 2012.
