Timothe Chalamet has found his next project, as he will team with Josh Safdie on a movie that not many people would have anticipated: a fictionalized sports film that draws from real-life events. Hot off of the box office winning streak of Wonka and Dune: Part Two, Chalamet has cemented himself as a bonafide movie star, and while he expected to return for Dune: Messiah, his next film will come sooner than expected. He is set to team up with Josh Safdie, one half of the Safdie Brothers, on a film about table tennis.

According to Variety, Chalamet will star in Marty Supreme, which will be directed by Josh Safdie and produced by A24. The movie will be fictional but heavily inspired by professional ping pong player Marty Reisman, who went from hustler to world champion after winning 22 major ping pong titles from 1946 to 2002 before passing away in 2012. Marty Supreme...