Timothée Chalamet's new movie ‘Marty Supreme' spent $12M filming in Jersey. See trailer, locations.
Now he's a table tennis champion.
In 'Marty Supreme,' Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet stars in another period movie inspired by a true story.
Like James Mangold's 'A Complete Unknown' — the 2024 Bob Dylan film that won Chalamet a Screen Actors Guild Award — this movie will be released on Christmas.
And like the Dylan film, the upcoming Chalamet movie filmed in New Jersey (see details and locations below).
Directed by Josh Safdie ('Uncut Gems'), 'Marty Supreme" sees Chalamet play a character named Marty Mauser. The movie takes a cue from the life of Marty Reisman, who was a table tennis champion starting in the 1940s.
The United States Table Tennis Hall of Famer, who died in 2012, wrote the 1974 memoir 'The Money Player: The Confessions of America's Greatest Table Tennis Player and Hustler.'
A24 released the first teaser trailer for 'Marty Supreme' Wednesday.
Chalamet, 29, who is also a producer, stars alongside Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow in the 1950s-set movie, written by Safdie and his frequent collaborator Ronald Bronstein ('Uncut Gems').
Tyler Okonma, the Grammy-winning artist known as Tyler, The Creator, makes his film debut in 'Marty Supreme.'
Fran Drescher, 'The Nanny' favorite and president of the Screen Actors Guild, plays the mother of Chalamet's character.
The cast also includes magician Penn Jillette, Sandra Bernhard, Abel Ferrara, Odessa A'zion ('Hellraiser,' 'Fresh Kills') and 'Shark Tank' shark Kevin O'Leary.
'Marty Supreme' spent $12 million in New Jersey, receiving a $4.2 million tax credit, the state Economic Development Authority tells NJ Advance Media.
The film reportedly had a budget somewhere in the vicinity of $70 million, making the movie one of A24's biggest spends.
The production, which mostly filmed in New York, spent 10 days in Jersey last fall, from late September to November.
It was not nearly as extensive a local shoot as 'A Complete Unknown' — which filmed in 20 New Jersey cities and towns in 10 counties, spending $80 million in the state — but still represents five counties (Bergen, Burlington, Passaic, Mercer and Union).
'Marty Supreme' filming locations include the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford; a private home on Ellisdale Road in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County; 126 Market St. in Paterson; and Hopewell Borough's post office.
Chalamet's Marty and Dylan universes collided at another Jersey location.
One local spot where Chalamet filmed both 'A Complete Unknown' and 'Marty Supreme': Elizabeth's Ritz Theatre.
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