Dwayne Johnson To Portray MMA Fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's New Movie

Dwayne Johnson has signed on to play MMA fighter Mark Kerr in a new movie from A24. The biopic is called The Smashing Machine and will directed by Benny Safdie for his first solo directorial effort, sans brother Josh.The Smashing Machine takes its title from Kerr's nickname in the octagon, as well the 2002 HBO documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr.The film will hold a lens to the career of the two-time UFC Heavyweight champion and his struggles with ad...