Fear the Walking Dead and Grotesquerie actor Spencer Granese cast in A24's Marty Supreme

Deadline reports that actor Spenser Granese has joined the cast of A24's new project, Marty Supreme. The story is loosely inspired by 1950's professional ping pong player Marty Reisman but is a fictionalized story, not a biopic.

Marty Supreme is created and directed by Josh Safdie known for his work on Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). He co-wrote the story with Ronald Bronstein, who is a frequent collaborator of the Safdie brothers. Deadline has reported that the budget for the film is $70 million, making it A24's most expensive project, surpassing the 2024 Civil War budget of $50 million.

Details about the characters and the story's plot have been kept under wraps. Marty Reisman was an unconventional in the sport of ping pong and won two U.S. Men's Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960. He is remembered as one of table tennis' great players of the era.

Timothée Chalamet co-produces the film with Safdie, Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, and A24. He also stars as the titular character. He is joined by Fran Dresher, who pays Marty's mother and Gwyneth Paltrow, musician Tyler, the Creator, Odessa A'zion, actor/magician Penn Jillette, Kevin O'Leary, Abel Ferrara, and Granese.

Filming for Marty Supreme began in New York City in Sept. 2024.

Spencer Granese

Granese played a character named Arnold in the seventh season of Fear the Walking Dead. He was a former follower of Teddy (John Glover) and his doomsday cult. He then became the leader of the Stalkers, which would lead to his death.

Recently Granese was a guest star in Ryan Murphy's horror drama Grotesquerie that airs on FX and streams on Hulu. The 10-part series debuted in Sept. 2024 and follows Detective Lois Tryon (Niecy Nash-Betts) who works with Sister Megan (Micaela Diamond) to find the perpetrator of heinous crimes affecting their community and person lives. The series also stars Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Micaela Diamond, Raven Goodwin, and Lesley Manville.

He also stars in La cocina (Spanish for The Kitchen), a drama written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios that is based on The Kitchen, a play by Arnold Wesker from 1957. The play was previously adapted to a film in 1961. The setting is a Manhattan restaurant in Times Square where the staff desperately chase the American dream.

Granese has also played roles in Little Death, a dramedy starring David Schwimmer and Gaby Hoffman and Mayans M.C., Barry, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also been cast in Stone Cold Fox, which stars Kiefer Sutherland and Krysten Ritter.

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