Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors’ sweat patterns and using seven ...

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 ...

The Smashing Machine star Dwayne Johnson talks about his career on an episode of Deadline's video series Behind the Lens.

The team behind 'The Smashing Machine' wanted to make every slam, punch and knee to the head reverberate all the way to the cheap seats. Here's how they did it.

Benny Safdie's "The Smashing Machine" covers four years in the tumultuous life of former MMA powerhouse Mark Kerr (played brilliantly by Dwayne Johnson). He earned this nickname for his trademark ...

Minor spoiler alert! We're discussing plot points from "The Smashing Machine" (in theaters now), so be warned if you want to go in completely cold. With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson transforms into MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's A24 biopic "The Smashing Machine," releasing this fall.

This article contains spoilers for The Smashing Machine. The Smashing Machine's most important critic is the man who inspired it all. And legendary mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr tells ...

At the very end of The Smashing Machine, the audience gets to see the real Mark Kerr. In the preceding 115 minutes (give or take), Kerr is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson as we follow the former UFC ...

Benny Safdie wrote, directed, co-produced and edited “The Smashing Machine,” a new American biographical sports drama film. Based on the 2002 documentary “The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of ...

A heavyweight legend makes his long-awaited debut in the UFC 5 roster If you ever thought your toughest opponent was your controller, think again—because UFC 5 just dropped a fighter who used to smash ...