Since he made his move to Hollywood after his long career in the WWE, Dwayne Johnson was typecast as the brooding, strong guy who always had a snarky comeback. In 2025, he finally made a strong gamble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s desire to play pioneering UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” an adaptation of the 2002 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Although biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine is based ...

The Smashing Machine flopped at box office, earning $10 million from $50 million budget. Christopher Nolan praised Dwayne Johnson’s "heartbreaking performance” despite mixed reviews. Johnson played ...

Becoming the Smashing Machine required disguising the Rock. "It was all-consuming," Dwayne Johnson, star of the biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, tells Entertainment Weekly of how big the challenge ...

Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t what you think it is, especially if you think it’s a movie about a British guy who thinks his typewriter is the tops. “The Smashing Machine” would seem to ...

If anyone has high praise for Dwayne Johnson’s performance in The Smashing Machine, it’s acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan. On The Director’s Cut, the Directors Guild of America’s podcast (via ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Johnson and Hashian made their Met Gala debut on Monday, May 4, both donning Thom Browne looks ...

The Golden Globes-nominated actor talks to IndieWire about all the contributing factors that led to this “banging on my rib cage” telling him to make the unconventional A24 sports biopic with director ...