Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson completely transformed into fighter Mark Kerr for the biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine. Johnson committed to the role so much, he sat in the makeup chair for ...

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of Famer.

The Rock's new movie "The Smashing Machine" is a biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Director Benny Safdie aimed for the film to be a "truthful representation" of Mark Kerr's life story, but ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — To hear him describe it, Mark Kerr felt like he was walking into the unknown. It was July 27, 1997 when Kerr, then 28, walked through the doors of Boutwell Auditorium in ...

MMA legend Mark Kerr was moved to tears by his biopic, The Smashing Machine, starring The Rock. The movie, set to hit theaters on October 3, 2025, stars The Rock as Kerr and also features Emily Blunt ...

Mark Kerr’s career is one of the most compelling, cautionary tales in combat sports history. Behind the undefeated streak and the terrifying moniker, "The Smashing Machine," was a story far more human ...

SITTING IN A Beverly Hills hotel room during one of multiple media junkets, Dwayne Johnson spent nearly three minutes explaining how he morphed his mind and body into Mark Kerr for "The Smashing ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson underwent a remarkable transformation for his latest movie “The Smashing Machine,” a film inspired by the real-life of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr. During a Sept. 30 ...

Find out what really inspired Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's acclaimed new MMA movie—and how the real man at the center of the story looks back on it.

Mark Kerr had to help The Rock learn fight skills for the new movie based on his life. Here's how he trained to do it.

Mark Kerr and the makers of the new A24 film 'The Smashing Machine' talk about how they collaborated to tell Kerr's true story in all its complexity.

Ahead of Friday's release of The Smashing Machine, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr sat down with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith to discuss the film on Thursday's episode of First ...