He came very close indeed with his transformative turn as a young Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown , but could 2026 finally be the year when Timothée Chalamet gets his Academy Award? Well, if we’re going by the first two trailers for Marty Supreme , a zippy new period drama about a pro Ping Pong player, directed by Good Time and Uncut Gems ’s Josh Safdie and co-starring none other than Gwyneth Paltrow, it could definitely happen.

Penned by the filmmaker and his frequent collaborator Ronald Bronstein, and co-produced by Chalamet and beloved indie label A24, the forthcoming release is loosely inspired by Ping Pong player Marty Reisman. Born in 1930s Manhattan, he began playing table tennis on the Lower East Side, competing for bets and prizes, before becoming the US men’s singles c

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