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New trailer for The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne Johnson

September 9, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival which seen director Benny Safdie take home the Silver Lion award, A24 has shared a new trailer for the acclaimed biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine.

The film sees Dwayne Johnson lead the cast as MMA & UFC fighter Mark Kerr, alongside Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman, Bas Rutten as himself, Oleksandr Usyk as Igor Vovchanchyn, Lyndsey Gavin as Elizabeth Coleman, Satoshi Ishii as Enson Inoue, James Moontasri as Akira Shoji, Yoko Hamamura as Kazuyuki Fujita, and Stephen Quadros as himself. Watch the trailer here…

The Smashing Machine arrives in cinemas on October 3rd.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bas Rutten, Emily Blunt, James Moontasri, Lyndsey Gavin, Mark Kerr, Oleksandr Usyk, Ryan Bader, Satoshi Ishii, Stephen Quadros, the smashing machine, Yoko Hamamura

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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