Timothee Chalmet is back on the big screen with his new sports drama, Marty Supreme. Directed by Josh Safdie, the new film has the fanatical energy of a 149-minute ping-pong rally. What makes it interesting is that it is played by a single player running around the table. It’s a marathon sprint of bizarre tragedies and uproar. To put it lightly, Marty Supreme is a sociopath-screwball nightmare, like something by Mel Brooks.
However, in place of gags, the audience will be treated to detonations of bad taste, cinephile allusions, alpha cameos, frantic deal-making, racism and antisemitism, sentimental yearning, and erotic adventures. It’s apparently a farcical race against time where no one needs to eat or sleep. The film will be released on December 25, 2025, in the US, December 26, 2025, in the UK, and on January 22, 2026, in Australia.
Timothee Chalamet’s ‘Marty’ is a lanky motormouth hustler
Timothee Chalamet plays ‘Marty Mauser’ in the film, Marty Supreme. The actor’s character is a tall, skinny chatterer with the glasses of an intellectual, the moustache of a movie star, and the physique of a funny-looking cartoon character. His role is said to be loosely inspired by ‘Marty (The Needle) Reisman’, a real-life US table tennis champ from the 1950s who was given to Bobby Riggs-type shenanigans: betting, hustling, and showmanship stunts.
