Timothée Chalamet has wowed audiences throughout quite a lot of genres, from sci-fi blockbuster Dune to charming musical Wonka to Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown. Within the upcoming Marty Supreme, he embraces one more style: the sports activities movie.
Directed by Josh Safide and distributed by A24, Marty Supreme takes viewers into the high-stakes world of Nineteen Fifties desk tennis via the eyes of ping pong star Marty Mauser (Chalamet). Marty is impressed loosely by real-life American desk tennis legend Marty Reisman.
The movie’s first trailer introduces Marty as a person with a really large, very particular dream of attaining greatness in ping pong. Whereas the game is probably not the most well-liked within the US, it sells out stadiums abroad, and Marty believes the US will not be far behind. Subsequent up: stardom, and a coveted spot on a Wheaties field. One paper is already calling him “the chosen one”… wait, does that make Marty the Lisan al-Gaib of ping pong?
Safdie co-wrote the movie with Ronald Bronstein. The movie marks his first solo directorial mission since 2008’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed. Since then, he is directed movies along with his brother Benny Safdie, together with A24 collaborations Uncut Gems and Good Time. Benny Safdie additionally has an A24 sports activities film popping out this 12 months with The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as wrestler Mark Kerr. Might we be seeing a Safdie showdown come awards season?
Marty Supreme additionally stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma (aka Tyler, the Creator), Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher. See them in motion, together with Chalamet’s sick ping pong strikes, within the full trailer above.
Marty Supreme hits theaters Dec. 25.
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