Dwayne Johnson Becomes a UFC Champion in The Smashing Machine Trailer

A24 has finally shared The Smashing Machine trailer for its forthcoming biographical sports drama about the life of former wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr. The movie is currently slated to arrive in theaters on October 3, 2025.

“The movie follows Mark Kerr, the legendary MMA fighter from the no-holds-barred era of the UFC at the peak of his career,” reads the official synopsis. “He struggles with addiction, winning, love, and friendship in the year 2000.”

Check out The Smashing Machine trailer below (watch more trailers):

Who is in The Smashing Machine trailer?

The video provides the audience with a glimpse of the main cast, including Dwayne Johnson as he transforms into Mark Kerr for his first dramatic role in a long while, after starring in a string of action and blockbuster movies. Joining him are Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Lyndsey Gavin as Elizabeth Coleman, Oleksandr Usyk as Igor Vovchanchyn, Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman, Satoshi Ishii as Enson Inoue, James Moontasri as Akira Shoji, Yoko Hamamura as Kazuyuki Fujita, and more.

The Smashing Machine is written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems). In addition to leading the cast, Johnson is also producing alongside Eli Bush, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, David Koplan, and Safdie, with Tracey Landon serving as an executive producer. This marks Johnson and Blunt’s second collaboration, after previously starring together in Disney’s 2021 adventure movie Jungle Cruise. Besides the Benny Safdie-directed movie, they will once again reunite for a Martin Scorsese movie about a real life mob boss, who was the leader of the largest organized crime syndicate on the Hawaiian Islands.

Source: Comingsoon.net