{"id":111790,"date":"2025-09-01T22:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/111790\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:42:29","slug":"the-smashing-machine-venice-film-festival-world-premiere-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/111790\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Smashing Machine\u2019 Venice Film Festival World Premiere Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie\u2019s first solo directorial film. The biopic stars Dwayne Johnson as the legendary mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr, with Emily Blunt co-starring as Kerr\u2019s girlfriend, Dawn Staples.<\/p>\n

Attending the premiere were members of the film\u2019s ensemble, including Seth Rogen, Mark Kerr, Charlie Kaufman, Eva H.D., Josef Akiki, Emily McCann Lesser, Halsey, Avan Jogia, Isabelle Deluce, and more.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0\u2018The Smashing Machine\u2019 Review: Dwayne Johnson Rocks In Benny Safdie\u2019s Free-Jazz Biopic Of Mixed Martial Artist Mark Kerr \u2013 Venice Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

The Smashing Machine is a biographical sports drama about the life of former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Mark Kerr. Johnson stars as Kerr, a two-time UFC and PRIDE Grand Prix tournament winner known as \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d for his powerful, wrestling-based fighting style.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt On Shooting Venice Title \u2018The Smashing Machine\u2019 With Benny Safdie: \u201cThe Guardrails Came Off For Us Every Day\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond the ring, the film offers a raw look at a pivotal period in Kerr\u2019s life, spanning from 1997 to 2000, when he was a dominant force in the sport while also battling significant personal demons. As Kerr\u2019s world becomes increasingly chaotic, his girlfriend Dawn Staples (Blunt) struggles to find her place.<\/p>\n

Producers on The Smashing Machine include Safdie via his Out for the Count banner, and Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia for Seven Bucks Productions. David Koplan and Eli Bush are also producers. Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk round out the film\u2019s cast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A24 will release the film theatrically on October 3.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Mark Kerr, Dwayne Johnson, Benny Safdie, Emily Blunt and Andrea Romeo attend \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d red carpet<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Andrea Romeo, Mark Kerr, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Benny Safdie, David Koplan and Hiram Garcia attend \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2025 in Venice, Italy<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Dwayne Johnson and Marl Kerr attend \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2025 in Venice, Italy<\/p>\n

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Mark Kerr<\/p>\n

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Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson attend \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d red carpet<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson attend \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2025 in Venice, Italy<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt<\/p>\n

\tThe 82nd Venice International Film Festival \u2013 Day 6<\/p>\n

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Dwayne Johnson<\/p>\n

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Dwayne Johnson<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Emily Blunt<\/p>\n

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Emily Blunt<\/p>\n

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Dwayne Johnson<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Seth Rogen in the photographers\u2019 pit at the \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Franci Alberding Kerr and Mark Kerr\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Benny Safdie<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Charlie Kaufman, Eva H.D., Josef Akiki, Emily McCann Lesser, Halsey, Avan Jogia and Isabelle Deluce<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d Red Carpet \u2013 The 82nd Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Halsey<\/p>\n

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Halsey and Avan Jogia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie\u2019s first solo directorial film.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,19758,447,77084,79631,134,72277,15936,69862],"class_list":["post-111790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-benny-safdie","tag-celebrities","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-emily-blunt","tag-entertainment","tag-the-smashing-machine","tag-venice","tag-venice-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}