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Dwayne Johnson MMA Fighter Pic ‘The Smashing Machine’ Scores Deals For A24 As Shooting Wraps

Wrestling Movie Dwayne Johnson As Legendary MMA Fighter Mark Kerr As He Questions Himself And Struggles With Life And His Relationships

A24 has unveiled a raft of deals on the movie starring Johnson as legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr as the biopic wraps production in Japan this week, ahead of a U.S. release in 2025 The movie has sold to key partners in the UK (Entertainment Film Distributors), Canada, Australia & New Zealand (VVS), France (Zinc & Bac), Germany & Austria (Leonine) Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Japan (Happinet Phantom Studios), Latam, Spain & South Africa ( Sun), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Benelux (The Searchers), Italy (I Wonder Pictures), China (iQIYI) South Korea (The Coup), CIS (AMedia), CEE (Unicorn), Ukraine (Top Film), Middle East (Front Row), Israel (Lev), Baltics (Acme), Turkey (Filmarti) and Portugal (NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais). Emily Blunt co-stars as Kerr’s then girlfriend, later wife and ex-wife, Dawn Staples as she struggles to find her place in the champion fighter’s chaotic and contradictory world.

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