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Tennis table, hold-up, sci-fi… Timothée Chalamet’s upcoming films
Among sports dramas, thrillers and sci-fi movies, Timothée Chalamet is on the verge of a grand finale to close off 2025. And a potential great year of 2026. The talented actor who shone in Call Me by Your Name carefully navigates between independent cinema and highly-anticipated blockbusters. Here are his upcoming projects.
Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet’s sports betting by Josh Safdie
The Safdie brothers had already boosted the contemporary detective story Good Timein 2017. Josh Safdie is now back behind the camera with what the radical film Marty Supreme (2025), produced by A24. Timothée Chalamet embodies Marty Mauser, a New-York tennis-table prodigy, in a thrilling social satire. The promising cast brings together Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion and the rapper Tyler, the Creator.
Although this ambitious project won’t see the light of day until next February, its promotion is already making waves. Why? Because Timothée Chalamet has spoken about the behind-the-scenes of an intensive preparation, which reportedly began in 2018, and delivered a lifelike portrayal of table tennis champion Marty Reisman. To do him justice, the French-American actor embarked on a very serious training program… He even revealed that he would bring a table with him on most of his travels so he could keep practicing without interruption.
An ambitious preparation
“Everything I was working on, it was this secret: I had a table in London while I was making Wonka. On Dune 2, I had a table in Budapest, Jordan. I had a table in Abu Dhabi. I had a table at the Cannes Film Festival for The French Dispatch. I got myself an Airbnb in a town [around] Saint-Tropez after The French Dispatch, overlooking the water, and I was taking lessons there,” the actor told The Hollywood Reporter.
The decision to allocate a $70 million budget – a record for A24 according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter – places this film at the crossroads of experimental cinema and mainstream entertainment. Shot between Brooklyn and Japan, Marty Supreme intends to explore the modern champion, caught between commercial entertainment and the pursuit of transcendence. Following A Complete Unknown (2024), a biopic about the legendary Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet, who recently made headlines for his radically new look, once again finds himself playing a powerful role.
Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie will come out in theatres on February 18th, 2026.
Dune: Part Three, the resolution of Denis Villeneuve’s messianic trilogy
The trilogy eventually came to an end. Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve confirmed it in an interview with Vanity Fair… Dune: Part Three (2026) will indeed be an adaptation of Frank Herbert‘s second novel Dune Messiah. Timothée Chalamet will once again portray the fiery Paul Atreides, now turned prophet, caught in the tragic fate he built for himself.
Expected for December 2026, the project places the actor in one of the most ambitious sci-fi stories portrayed on the big screen. Alongside the actor, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson will be part of this terrific cast. The anticipation is high for the sequel – how to end a trilogy that redefined contemporary blockbusters?
Dune: Part Three by Denis Villeneuve, coming out in theatres on September 16th, 2026.
High Side, a robbery case led by Timothée Chalamet
Some projects never get beyond the stage of rumour. However, High Side, directed by James Mangold (A Complete Unknown, Ford v Ferrari), could well be Timothée Chalamet‘s next playground. The feature film, based on a short story written by Jaime Oliveira, is centred around the universe of motocross.
Billy, a former MotoGP racer haunted by an accident that brutally put a stop to his career, gets entangled in an armed robbery in spite of himself. Although no official filming dates have been announced, one thing’s for sure… The 29 years-old actor refuses to be put in a box.
High Side by James Mangold has no release date yet.
