A24’s Timothée Chalamet Ping-Pong Movie ‘Marty Supreme’ Will Be Its Joint-Biggest To Date & The Biggest-Budget New Project At AFM
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: A24’s Timothée Chalamet movie Marty Supreme, about a 1950s ping-pong star, is one of the few blue-chip movies on offer at this week’s American Film Market in Las Vegas.
It’s also shaping up to be the most expensive. Word from buyers this past week has been that the movie — which is filming in New York — comes with an eyebrow raising $90M budget.
We hear that’s exaggerated, however, and that $70M gross is more accurate. That still makes the project the most expensive new package on sale at this year’s AFM and makes it A24’s joint most-expensive production to date alongside Dwayne Johnson starrer The Smashing Machine, which is in post-production (and is another ‘sports biopic’ that doesn’t obviously scream big-budget).
Both movies are directed by a Safdie brother: Marty Supreme by Josh, and Smashing Machine by Benny. Both previously teamed on A24’s Uncut Gems and Good Time.
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