Timothée Chalamet Considering Starring in ‘High Side’

The pair, who last made Bob Dylan music drama ‘A Complete Unknown’, are circling the potential new heist movie based on a short story by Jaime Oliveira.

Timothée Chalamet attends Searchlight Pictures' 'A Complete Unknown' World Premiere on Dec 10, 2024 in Los Angeles.

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Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold may re-team for a new movie.
They’re considering new MotoGP heist pic ‘High Side’.
It’s based on an unpublished short story that has studios ready to bid.

If there’s one thing Hollywood loves, it’s discovering a new story –– especially if it’s yet to be published –– and leaping on it as potential source material for a movie.

Per Deadline, Writer Jamie Oliveira’s new short story ‘High Side’ is generating plenty of buzz –– and also attention from a star and director.

Timothée Chalamet and filmmaker James Mangold, who worked together on the Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biodrama ‘A Complete Unknown’, are considering reuniting for the new project.

By way of update, it is coming together quickly –– Deadline reports that Paramount has snapped up the project with Chalamet and Mangold attached and Oliveira adapting his story.

What’s the story of ‘High Side’?

Timothee Chalamet arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

Oliveira’s story focuses on Billy, a former MotoGP racer, who is haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment but is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger.

He’s blindsided when his estranged older brother Cole resurfaces — just after their father’s death — with a proposition: use Billy’s talents for something bigger: robbing banks. Cole assembles a mismatched crew, including a woman who becomes Billy’s lover, and they begin knocking over small-town desert banks with speed and precision.

But as the stakes rise, Lennox, an FBI agent who has a complicated history with Cole, closes in as the crew preps its biggest score: a bank job timed with a big motorcycle parade…

What else are Mangold and Chalamet working on?

(L to R) Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

Chalamet, who was among the Oscar nominees for ‘A Complete Unknown’ is careful when he picks his projects.

Next up in terms of release is ‘Marty Supreme’, a table tennis comedy drama directed by Josh Safdie, which will be in theaters on December 25th.

And he’s currently back filming the third outing for what is probably his best known role –– Chalamet is at work once again playing Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Three’, which continues his sprawling space opera drawn from Frank Herbert’s work.

As for Mangold, he’s juggling various potential new projects, including a ‘Star Wars’ movie set centuries before the Skywalker saga, ‘Juliet’, a novel adaptation about a woman discovering she might be related to the real-life inspirations for Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, and a ‘Swamp Thing’ movie for DC Studios.

When might ‘High Side’ be on screens?

Even with a deal in place , this one will need some time to come to fruition. But with Chalamet and Mangold seemingly excited about it, there's a good chance for forward movement.