Dwayne Johnson MMA Fighter Pic ‘The Smashing Machine’ Scores Deals For A24 As Shooting Wraps
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson’s trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May to support A24’s sales launch of MMA fighting drama The Smashing Machine has paid off.
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).
The Smashing machine is written, directed and produced by Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems, Good Time), under his Out for the Count banner, with A24 producing and financing.
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