A24 has unveiled the first look at Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, which stars an unrecognizable Dwayne Johnson.
The upcoming sports drama is a biopic that follows the life and instances of former wrestler and combined martial artist Mark Kerr. Kerr was a two-time UFC Heavyweight Event Champion and an NCAA Division I Champion, amongst dozens of different accolades and accomplishments. The movie takes its identify from the 2002 HBO documentary The Smashing Machine, which explored each his profession and tumultuous private life.
The solid contains Emily Blunt as Daybreak Staples, Lyndsy Gavin as Elizabeth Coleman, Oleksandr USyk as former combined martial artist Igor Vovchanchyn, and Ryan Bader as Kerr’s coach Mark Coleman. The movie is at the moment in manufacturing and is predicted to wrap on August 1.
First look at Benny Safdie’s THE SMASHING MACHINE starring @TheRock and Emily Blunt. pic.twitter.com/GVC2XIHwGVCould 21, 2024
“Benny desires to create, and continues to push the envelope in relation to tales which can be uncooked and actual, characters which can be genuine and at instances uncomfortable and arresting,” Johnson informed Selection, explaining that the biopic is in contrast to something he is achieved earlier than. “I am at some extent in my profession the place I wish to push myself in ways in which I’ve not pushed myself in the previous. I am at some extent in my profession the place I wish to make movies that matter, that discover a humanity and discover wrestle [and] ache.”
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