{"id":548850,"date":"2026-03-18T17:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/548850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:57:19","slug":"trailer-crowe-macpherson-in-mma-film-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/548850\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer: Crowe, MacPherson In MMA Film &#8220;Beast&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trailer-crowe-macpherson-in-mma-film-beast.jpg\" data-caption=\"Stan Australia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trailer-crowe-macpherson-in-mma-film-beast.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"trailer-crowe-macpherson-in-mma-film-beast\"\/><\/a>Stan Australia<\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate has premiered the full trailer for the sports action drama \u201cBeast\u201d which opens in cinemas on April 10th.<\/p>\n<p>After years away from the cage, a once-feared MMA champion named Patton James (played by Strike Back\u2019s Daniel MacPherson) is pulled back in for the fight of his life when his younger brother is put in danger.<\/p>\n<p>Reuniting with the trainer who once made him a legend, he commits to one final showdown against the reigning title-holder \u2013 a brutal fighter determined to dismantle the ex-champ\u2019s legacy in front of the world. <\/p>\n<p>The film is packed to the gills with a heavily Australian cast, including Oscar winner Russell Crowe, MacPherson, Luke Hemsworth, Bren Foster, Mojean Aria, Amy Shark and Kelly Gale, along with nine-time world champion martial artist, Bren Foster.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Atkins (\u201cOcean Boy\u201d) with David Frigerio (\u201cLand Of Bad\u201d) writing the screenplay. John Schwarz, Frigerio, Michael Schwarz, and Tim O\u2019Hair produce.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stan Australia Lionsgate has premiered the full trailer for the sports action drama \u201cBeast\u201d which opens in cinemas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,142132,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-548850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548850","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=548850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}