‘The Smashing Machine’: A24 Dates Benny Safdie’s MMA Biopic Starring Dwayne Johnson For October 3 Theatrical Release
One of A24‘s biggest 2025 releases has an official release date. Deadline reports that Benny Safdie‘s “The Smashing Machine,” a biopic starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, will hit theaters on October 3. That’s a premier release date, and hints that A24 may have awards season aspirations of the picture, as well as a Fall festival world premiere. Continue reading ‘The Smashing Machine’: A24 Dates Benny Safdie’s MMA Biopic Starring Dwayne Johnson For October 3 Theatrical Release at The Playlist.



One of A24‘s biggest 2025 releases has an official release date. Deadline reports that Benny Safdie‘s “The Smashing Machine,” a biopic starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, will hit theaters on October 3. That’s a premier release date, and hints that A24 may have awards season aspirations of the picture, as well as a Fall festival world premiere.