Earlier this yr, we bought the sports activities biopic The Smashing Machine from Benny Safdie, and this Christmas, his brother Josh Safdie can even be releasing his sports activities biopic (of kinds) with Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalmet. Benny and his Smashing Machine star Dwayne Johnson have been getting a ton of reward for his or her movie, however just lately, early reactions to Marty Supreme have additionally been giving Chalamet’s efficiency some prime marks with some speak even putting him as a darkish horse within the Oscar race.
A24 has now launched a brand new poster for the movie and it showcases Chalamet good and large as he’s in the midst of an intense ping pong recreation (a lot in order that he’s all the way down to his tank prime) and the forged will get proven in a throwback to older poster designs as they’re featured in their very own little containers like Superman just lately showcased. Marty Supreme releases this Christmas.
The forthcoming movie hails from Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems), with the challenge primarily based on a script he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Safdie produces it with Eli Bush and Anthony Hatagas. A24 confirmed the challenge by sharing a social media put up with a black-and-white photograph of the movie’s title printed on a ping-pong ball. 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.”
In contrast to The Smashing Machine, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme is much much less of a biopic, though it does take a number of inspiration from the life and story of Marty Reisman, a legend of the ping pong/desk tennis scene if there ever was one. Reisman, who died again in 2012, was a champ throughout quite a few a long time, putting third on the 1948 World Desk Tennis Championships, medaling in doubles on the 1952 competitors and extra; his biggest accomplishment within the later a part of his profession got here in 1997, successful on the U.S. Nationwide Hardbat Championship when he was in his 60s. Reisman would go on to write down the important guide of the desk tennis world The Cash Participant, The Confessions of America’s Best Desk Tennis Participant and Hustler.
The challenge marks Josh Safdie’s first solo directorial characteristic since 2008’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed.
Supply:
A24
