Timothée Chalamet is set to star in Josh Safdie’s first (non-Adam Sandler comedy special) solo film, Marty Supreme, rumored to be a fictionalized biopic of table tennis champion Marty Reisman. Of the ball-lobbing sports, ping-pong is a distant third in the zeitgeist behind tennis and pickleball. Tennis still has the sexy edge with Challengers and people pretending to be in Challengers at the U.S. Open. Meanwhile, Home Owners Associations, Target, and Stephen Colbert continue to manufacture consent for pickleball. Ping-pong hasn’t had a moment in the culture since Balls of Fury, if you can even call that a moment. Below, everything we know about Marty Supreme, including which Loiter Squad alum will be making their feature film debut. Hint: it’s not Jasper Dolphin.
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