Dwayne Johnson is downsizing for his next big role. The former WWE star told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere of The Smashing Machine that he’s dropped weight to play a 75-year-old man in Lizard ...

MMA pioneer Mark Kerr joins to discuss the making of the original “The Smashing Machine” documentary, why he decided to open up about his struggles with addiction, receiving the call from Dwayne “The ...

"The Smashing Machine," in theaters Friday, allows Dwayne Johnson to show vulnerability in portraying MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the biopic from Bennie Safdie.

In “Smashing Machine,” written and directed by Safdie, Johnson stars as Mark Kerr, a champion in the early days of MMA fighting who made a career comeback after battling substance abuse. Emily Blunt ...

Dwayne Johnson transforms into UFC fighter Mark Kerr, aiming for Oscar recognition with a dramatic, prosthetic-laden performance.

Mark Kerr (played by Dwayne Johnson) trains for a major global MMA tournament in Benny Safdie's sports drama "The Smashing Machine." ...

Dwayne Johnson opens up about transforming into Mark Kerr for "The Smashing Machine," and the emotional journey behind the Oscar buzz.

Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, plays real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine.” The movie, directed by Benny Safdie and also starring Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, hits theaters ...

“Smashing Machine,” is written, directed and produced by Benny Safdie (“Uncut Gems”), who won the Silver Lion as Best Director in Venice. Safdie sympathetically, vividly recounts the pressure to win, ...

“The Smashing Machine” is a strange one: a bio-drama about the emotional sensitivities of a professional fighter. Starring Dwayne Johnson, no less, and brought to us by writer-director Benny Safdie, ...

The Rock packed on the pounds to portray college wrestler turned MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the deeply personal film he says “turned into more than a movie.” ...

For the past month and a half, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson has been engaged in a magnificently aggravating public-relations campaign in which he has tried to rewrite history that he himself carved onto ...