‘Marty Supreme’ Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Chases Ping Pong Glory in Josh Safdie’s New A24 Film

Originally posted on Total Apex Entertainment
By Chris Grullon | Last updated Aug 14, 2025 9:58 AM ET

Timothée Chalamet swaps Dune for Ping Pong in Marty Supreme’s new teaser trailer. Look, we’ve all been wondering what Timothée Chalamet would do for his next trick after conquering spice planets and playing a chocolate factory owner. Well, apparently, the answer was “become good at ping pong.” The trailer has everyone talking about Table Tennis Again (no disrespect to Challengers).

Marty Supreme Has Everyone Talking Table Tennis Again

The official teaser for Marty Supreme dropped recently, and it’s exactly as weird and wonderful as you’d expect from a Josh Safdie project. Set in the 1950s, the film follows Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a ping pong player chasing a dream that literally nobody respects. The synopsis promises he’ll go “to hell and back in pursuit of greatness,” which sounds dramatic for a sport most of us associate with basement rec rooms, but here we are.

What’s immediately striking about this trailer for Marty Supreme is how committed everyone seems to be to the bit. This isn’t some quirky indie comedy making fun of ping pong – this looks like a genuine sports drama that happens to center around table tennis. And you know what? That takes guts. In perhaps the most surprising casting choice since… well, ever, Gwyneth Paltrow appears as a famous movie star who begins an affair with Marty.

(Trailer for Marty Supreme, Courtesy of A24 )

Her presence in this film feels almost surreal, like she wandered onto set from an alternate dimension where Goop never existed. The supporting cast is equally eclectic and frankly baffling in the best possible way. Please leave it to A24 to greenlight a 1950s-set ping pong dramedy starring Chalamet and Paltrow. This is the same studio that convinced audiences to care about everything from Swiss Army knives to bagels, so a sports film about table tennis feels relatively normal by their standards.

We’ve got Fran Drescher as Marty’s mother (because of course), Tyler, the Creator doing… something, and somehow both magician Penn Jillette and Shark Tank‘s Kevin O’Leary made it into this thing. It’s like someone threw Hollywood names into a blender and decided whatever came out would work perfectly together. This marks Josh Safdie’s first time directing without his brother Benny since their anxiety-inducing masterpiece Uncut Gems.

Final Thoughts

Going solo for the first time since 2008’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Safdie seems determined to prove that his particular brand of controlled chaos doesn’t need a co-pilot. Chalamet didn’t just show up and wing it with a paddle. The man trained extensively to become a legitimate ping pong player for this role in Marty Supreme. This level of commitment isn’t entirely surprising from Chalamet, who’s built his career on throwing himself completely into unusual projects.

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