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Josh Safdie Says He Wrote 'Marty Supreme' for Timothée Chalamet, With A24 Christmas Release Set

Safdie tailored the role to Chalamet’s “dreamer” quality using influences from Marty Reisman.

Overview

  • Safdie tells Empire the film was “completely written for Timmy,” highlighting the specific energy he saw in Chalamet.
  • An arts•meme review positions the film as A24’s late entry that has quickly emerged as an awards-season frontrunner.
  • Marty Supreme opens at select theaters on December 18 before a nationwide U.S. release on December 25 and a U.K. debut on December 26.
  • The story follows a fiercely ambitious table-tennis hustler set in New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1950s without presenting a conventional biopic.
  • IONCINEMA spotlights a cast led by Chalamet with Odessa A’zion, Abel Ferrara, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, and Gwyneth Paltrow, and notes Safdie’s signature kinetic style.