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Dwayne Johnson Reveals Cancer Scare on Day of ‘Jumanji’ Press, Admits He Wanted an Oscar Nom and Explains Why ‘I’m Keeping My Politics to Myself’
Variety · Jun 11, 2026
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Jan 3Dwayne Johnson on Surviving His Dysfunctional Childhood and Shedding ‘The Responsibility of Making the Audience Feel Good’Jan 3 · Variety · ReleaseReleaseJan 219 Best Movies New to Streaming in January: ‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ ‘Tron: Ares’ and MoreJan 2 · Variety · StreamingStreaming
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Dec 26A Chance Encounter on ‘Oppenheimer’ Made ‘The Smashing Machine,’ and Emily Blunt’s Riveting Performance, a RealityDec 26 · IndieWire · ReleaseReleaseDec 22‘The Smashing Machine’ Sets HBO Max Release DateDec 22 · Variety · Release dateRelease dateDec 19Dwayne Johnson: ‘My Relationship with Success’ for ‘The Smashing Machine’ Is ‘Not a Number’Dec 19 · IndieWire · ReleaseReleaseDec 13Turning Dwayne Johnson into ‘The Smashing Machine’ Required a New Brow Bone, a Prosthetic Eyelid and a Whole Lot of Tattoo RemovalDec 13 · The Hollywood Reporter · ReleaseReleaseDec 8Dwayne Johnson Says His First Golden Globes Nomination for ‘The Smashing Machine’ Represents “The Fight in Everybody”Dec 8 · The Hollywood Reporter · AwardsAwardsDec 1Casting Non-Actors and Athletes in Films Like ‘F1,’ ‘The Smashing Machine’ and ‘Marty Supreme’Dec 1 · The Hollywood Reporter · CastingCastingNov 12LISTEN: Cover Story: Dwayne Johnson Feels Reborn With ‘The Smashing Machine’; George Clooney Talks AI on Red Carpet Rundown; Business Managers EliteNov 12 · Variety · IndustryIndustryNov 12Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Benny Safdie’s Underdog ‘The Smashing Machine’: In a Topsy-Turvy Year, Don’t Count Them Out for Oscars GloryNov 12 · Variety · AwardsAwardsNov 6‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Dwayne Johnson on ‘The Smashing Machine,’ Its Box Office, ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Moana’ Sequels and That bin Laden TweetNov 6 · The Hollywood Reporter · Box officeBox officeNov 4Where to Watch ‘The Smashing Machine’ OnlineNov 4 · The Hollywood Reporter · StreamingStreamingOct 31Emily Blunt Teases ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and Why She Never Saw ‘The Rock’ While Filming ‘The Smashing Machine’Oct 31 · Variety · ProductionProductionOct 15Christopher Nolan Lavishes Praise On Dwayne Johnson In ‘The Smashing Machine’: “I Don’t Think You’ll See A Better Performance This Year”Oct 15 · Deadline · Also in The Hollywood Reporter · ReleaseReleaseOct 8Stockholm Fest to Honor Alexander Skarsgård, Benny SafdieOct 8 · The Hollywood Reporter · IndustryIndustryOct 7‘Every Day, I Had to Reinvent How to Keep This Thing on’ — The Hair Design of ‘The Smashing Machine’Oct 7 · IndieWire · ReleaseReleaseOct 6‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ Kicks Higher To $34M, Still An Anomaly For Album Pic Launch; Dwayne Johnson’s Lowest Opening Ever ‘The Smashing Machine’ At $5.9M – Box Office UpdateOct 6 · Deadline · Box officeBox officeOct 66 Reasons Why Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Was Knocked Out at the Box OfficeOct 6 · Variety · Box officeBox officeOct 4How ‘The Smashing Machine’ Transformed Dwayne Johnson Into Mark Kerr: 2 Hours of Make-Up, Prosthetics With Needles and Recreating His Cauliflower EarOct 4 · Variety · ReleaseReleaseOct 3Dwayne Johnson Explains ‘The Smashing Machine’ Is “Not A Fight Movie” At A24 Biopic’s LA Premiere: “It’s A Life Movie”Oct 3 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseOct 3‘The Smashing Machine’ Hits L.A., New York Film Festival Brings Out the A-List and This Week’s Best EventsOct 3 · The Hollywood Reporter · ReleaseReleaseOct 3‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Dwayne Johnson Gets a Do-Over in Benny Safdie’s Endearing Anti-Awards-Bait MMA BiopicOct 3 · IndieWire · ReviewsReviewsOct 2Mark Kerr Didn’t Want the Darkest Parts of His Life Sanitized for ‘The Smashing Machine’Oct 2 · IndieWire · ReleaseReleaseSep 30Benny Safdie on Directing His First Movie Without Brother Josh: “It’s Been a Process of ‘What Do I Want to Explore?'”Sep 30 · The Hollywood Reporter · ReleaseReleaseSep 26Dwayne Johnson on Oscar Buzz, a Presidential Run, and ‘The Smashing Machine’: ‘I Don’t Know If It’s Method — Whatever It Is, I Went for It’Sep 26 · Variety · AwardsAwardsSep 23Innovative Signs Mark Kerr, Wrestler Subject Of A24’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Starring Dwayne JohnsonSep 23 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseSep 11Dwayne Johnson Movie ‘The Smashing Machine’ Looks To Bust Way Into A24 Record Books With $20M Opening – Box Office ForecastSep 11 · Deadline · Box officeBox officeSep 9‘The Smashing Machine’ New Trailer: Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, and Emily Blunt Follow Their Smash Venice Premiere with New FootageSep 9 · IndieWire · AwardsAwardsSep 8Yes, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Is a Serious Oscar Contender for ‘The Smashing Machine’Sep 8 · Variety · AwardsAwardsSep 8Dwayne Johnson Says Weight Loss Is for New Acting Role; He’s Playing a 70-Year-Old Man Whose Best Friend Is a Chicken: ‘I Still Have a Long Way to Go’Sep 8 · Variety · ReleaseReleaseSep 8Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson Are Already Trying to Reunite — This Time Adapting a ’70s Book About Lizard Musicians from SpaceSep 8 · IndieWire · ReleaseReleaseSep 8‘The Smashing Machine’ Duo Benny Safdie & Dwayne Johnson To Reteam On Hot Package ‘Lizard Music’ – The DishSep 8 · Deadline · DevelopmentDevelopmentSep 1Dwayne Johnson Uncontrollably Sobs as ‘The Smashing Machine’ Gets 15-Minute Venice Standing Ovation and Generates Oscar BuzzSep 1 · Variety · Also in Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter · AwardsAwardsSep 1‘The Smashing Machine:’ What The Critics Are Saying About Benny Safdie’s MMA DramaSep 1 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseSep 1‘The Smashing Machine’ Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Photos: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Mark Kerr & MoreSep 1 · Deadline · AwardsAwardsSep 1‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Dwayne Johnson Rocks In Benny Safdie’s Free-Jazz Biopic Of Mixed Martial Artist Mark Kerr – Venice Film FestivalSep 1 · Deadline · ReviewsReviewsSep 1‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Dwayne Johnson Is a Revelation in Benny Safdie’s Laceratingly Humane Sports BiopicSep 1 · Variety · ReviewsReviewsSep 1‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Dwayne Johnson Delivers the Blows as a Tormented Fighter in Benny Safdie’s Gritty and Downbeat MMA FlickSep 1 · The Hollywood Reporter · ReviewsReviewsSep 1Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt On Shooting Venice Title ‘The Smashing Machine’ With Benny Safdie: “The Guardrails Came Off For Us Every Day”Sep 1 · Deadline · Also in IndieWire · AwardsAwardsSep 1Dwayne Johnson on Tackling His Most Dramatic Role Yet With ‘The Smashing Machine’: ‘It’s Hard to Know What You’re Capable of When You’ve Been Pigeonholed’Sep 1 · Variety · ReleaseReleaseAug 25Dwayne Johnson Says “Gritty” Roles Like ‘The Smashing Machine’ Were Likely Not Coming His Way “Because I Was Too Scared To Explore This Stuff”Aug 25 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseAug 14‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘Hedda,’ ‘The Lost Bus’ Among Zurich Gala PremieresAug 14 · The Hollywood Reporter · ReleaseReleaseApr 29Dwayne Johnson Takes a Prestige Swing in First ‘The Smashing Machine’ TrailerApr 29 · The Hollywood Reporter · TrailerTrailerApr 29‘The Smashing Machine’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Charts Highs & Lows Of A Fighter’s Life In Benny Safdie’s A24 DramaApr 29 · Deadline · TrailerTrailerApr 29‘The Smashing Machine’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Is Unrecognizable as UFC Legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s Biopic From A24Apr 29 · Variety · Also in IndieWire · TrailerTrailerApr 2Dwayne Johnson & Benny Safdie’s Mark Kerr MMA Biopic ‘The Smashing Machine’ From A24 Busts Its Way Into FallApr 2 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseMar 1221 Movies Shot on Film in 2025: Separate Safdie Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, and MoreMar 12 · IndieWire · ReleaseRelease
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Nov 11Benny Safdie Says Extras Didn’t Recognize Dwayne Johnson in Makeup on ‘The Smashing Machine’ SetNov 11 · IndieWire · ReleaseReleaseAug 7Dwayne Johnson MMA Fighter Pic ‘The Smashing Machine’ Scores Deals For A24 As Shooting WrapsAug 7 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseJun 13Dwayne Johnson “Back To Work” On ‘The Smashing Machine’ Following Elbow Injury – UpdateJun 13 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseJun 11Dwayne Johnson Suffers Elbow Injury on A24 Wrestling Drama ‘The Smashing Machine’Jun 11 · The Hollywood Reporter · ReleaseReleaseMay 24Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Boxer Oleksandr Usyk Joins Dwayne Johnson In ‘The Smashing Machine’ From A24 And Benny SafdieMay 24 · Deadline · CastingCastingMay 21Dwayne Johnson Transforms Into Legendary MMA Fighter Mark Kerr For A24’s ‘The Smashing Machine’May 21 · Deadline · ReleaseReleaseFeb 29Emily Blunt In Talks To Star Opposite Dwayne Johnson In ‘The Smashing Machine’Feb 29 · Deadline · CastingCasting