Timothée Chalamet Kicks Off ‘Marty Supreme’ Filming in First Set Photos From A24 Ping Pong Movie

Timothée Chalamet has been spotted around Manhattan in costume as production gets underway for “Marty Supreme,” his upcoming A24 movie about a professional table tennis player.

In the set photos, Chalamet is sporting a 1950s hairstyle, round wire-framed glasses and an oversized white shirt underneath a blue sweater vest.

Josh Safdie helms “Marty Supreme,” his first solo feature directorial effort since 2008. Joining Chalamet in the cast are Gwyneth Paltrow (in her first on-screen movie role since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame) and Tyler, the Creator (in his film debut). Odessa A’zion also stars alongside magician Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller), investor and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary (aka Mr. Wonderful) and “Bad Lieutenant” filmmaker Abel Ferrara. Plot details are unknown, but A24 posted an image of a ping pong ball with the words “coming soon” after Variety broke news of the project in July.

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Safdie and Ronald Bronstein wrote the original screenplay for “Marty Supreme” and produce alongside Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Chalamet and A24.

Chalamet, who has been on a box office hot streak with the musical prequel “Wonka” and the sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two,” also recently wrapped production on James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” in which he stars as a young Bob Dylan in the early 1960s. The film, out Dec. 25, traces the folk music legend’s career beginnings in Greenwich Village, up until he picked up an electric guitar at Newport Folk Festival in 1965 and changed the genre forever. Set photos from that shoot also leaked online and went viral.

Safdie is best known for “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time,” which he directed with his brother, Benny Safdie. After the two split creatively, Josh Safdie helmed Adam Sandler’s latest comedy special for Netflix titled “Love You,” and he’s also working with Sandler on a separate movie set in the world of sports memorabilia and baseball.

View the set photos below.