Two years in the past, Timothée Chalamet turned the victor over the Christmas vacation together with his pleasant household movie Wonka. Final 12 months, he graced the massive screens on Christmas once more with the James Mangold Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic, A Full Unknown. Now, Chalamet’s upcoming movie from A24, Marty Supreme, will likely be set to hit screens this Christmas. May Chalamet be turning into hooked up to Christmas the best way that Will Smith turned hooked up to July 4th within the ’90s?
The forthcoming movie hails from Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems), with the undertaking based mostly on a script he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Safdie produces it with Eli Bush and Anthony Hatagas. A24 confirmed the undertaking by sharing a social media submit with a black-and-white picture of the movie’s title printed on a ping-pong ball. The studio has now launched the trailer with Chalamet’s Marty Mauser following his desires within the face of opposers whereas Alphaville’s “Forever Young” blasts within the background. The movie additionally stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’Zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara (sure, the director), and Fran Drescher.
The official plot synopsis reads,
“An original work set in the world of 1950s ping pong culture, MARTY SUPREME stars Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser – a young man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. Coming to theaters December 25, 2025.”
Chalamet’s character, Marty Mauser, relies on real-life determine Marty Reisman. Reisman handed away in 2012, however not earlier than abandoning a legacy of legendary proportions within the ping-pong group. The desk tennis star started his profession by hustling others within the lightning-fast sport of paddle warfare. He received 22 vital ping pong titles from 1946 to 2002 and 5 bronze medals on the World Desk Tennis Championships. At 67, Reisman performed in america Nationwide Hardbat Championship and have become the oldest participant to win an open nationwide competitors in a racket sport. Folks liked to observe Reisman play, and he was fearless in hamming his abilities up for audiences by performing trick pictures to wow the gang.
Reisman wrote and printed his autobiography The Cash Participant: The Confessions of America’s Biggest Desk Tennis Champion and Hustler in 1974, adopted by a 2014 documentary referred to as Reality or Fiction: The Life and Instances of a Ping Pong Hustler.
The undertaking marks Josh Safdie’s first solo directorial function since 2008’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed.
Supply:
A24
