#theSmashingMachine
Release date: 3 October 2025 (USA)
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The Smashing Machine is an upcoming American biographical sports drama film written, directed, co-produced, and edited by Benny Safdie. It stars Dwayne Johnson as former wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr, alongside Emily Blunt as Kerr's then-wife Dawn Staples, and is set to be released by A24 on October 3, 2025.
The Smashing Machine
2025 ‧ Drama
Director: Benny Safdie
Starring: Dwayne Johnson; Emily Blunt; Ryan Bader; Bas Rutten; Oleksandr Usyk
Producers: Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Eli Bush, David Koplan, Beau Flynn
Production companies: A24, Seven Bucks Productions
Distributed by: A24
