A24’s version takes a different approach. Director Benny Safdie, in his first solo directorial effort, draws from that documentary while expanding on Kerr’s inner world. Safdie worked closely with ...

With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” director Benny Safdie and Hollywood megastar Dwayne Johnson want audiences to experience the world of a mixed martial arts fighter through their eyes.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Benny Safdie have teamed up to bring one of the most intriguing stories in combat sports to the big screen. Their new film, The Smashing Machine, dramatizes the life of ...

The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as real-life MMA and UFC icon Mark Kerr, is coming to digital streaming this week. The film also stars Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, Dawn ...

The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as true-life mixed martial arts and Ultimate Fighting Championship legend Mark Kerr, is reportedly coming soon to digital streaming. Directed ...

"The Smashing Machine" tells the real life story of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr. The biopic, which was released on Oct 3, stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Kerr and Emily Blunt as Kerr's ...

Becoming the Smashing Machine required disguising the Rock. "It was all-consuming," Dwayne Johnson, star of the biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, tells Entertainment Weekly of how big the challenge ...

“The Smashing Machine” recounts the success and struggles of Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Mark Kerr. Relying on his own professional wrestling background, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gives a ...

Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors’ sweat patterns and using seven different kinds of adhesive. By Bill Desowitz For The Smashing Machine, ...

The new A24 drama The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson represents more than another sports biopic. It delivers a raw and emotional retelling of one of the most fascinating lives in ...