Posted on 4/03/125 by Colin Vassallo
Movie production company A24 announced that the film
Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, will
be released in theaters nationwide on Friday, October 3.
In Smashing Machine, The Rock portrays two-time UFC
Heavyweight champion Mark Kerr and it’s based on the 2002
HBO documentary carrying the same name.
Joining him in this movie are Emily Blunt, Lyndsey Gavin,
Oleksandr Usyk, Bas Rutten, Ryan Bader, Satoshi Ishii, Yoko
Hamamura, Paul Cheng, Cyborg Abreu, and Zoe Kosovic.
The movie finished filming in Vancouver in July 2024 with
additional principal photography also taking place in Los
Angeles, New Mexico, and Tokyo.
It’s written, directed, co-produced, and co-edited by Benny
Safdie.