Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ is new to streaming this week, the report said

The crushing machinestarring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as real-life MMA and UFC icon Mark Kerr, is reportedly coming to digital streaming this week.

The crushing machine was released in theaters on October 3. The crushing machine chronicles the highs and lows of Kerr’s life and career from 1997 to 2000, before MMA fighting and the UFC became a global phenomenon.

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The film also stars Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, Dawn Staples, MMA star Ryan Bader as friend and confidant Mark Coleman and MMA icon Bas Rutten as himself.

Directed by Benny Safdie, The crushing machine is expected to be available on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, November 4 When to stream.

While When should you stream PVOD reports are usually accurate, the streaming tracker noted that the digital release date of The crushing machine has not been announced or confirmed by the film’s studio, A24, and is subject to change.

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When The crushing machine arrives on PVOD, it will retail for $24.99 on streaming platforms like Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, and YouTube.

Since digital rental prices are typically $5 lower than purchase prices, viewers can expect this The crushing machine available to rent for $19.99 for a 48 hour period.

Dwayne Johnson says his transformation into Mark Kerr involved taking some real punches

As Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson physically transformed into Mark Kerr for The Smashing Machine, he worked hard to also sound like the MMA and UFC great.

“This transformation was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. There was a physical transformation, prosthetics, vocal transformation – he has a very specific way of talking,” Johnson said. Variety end of September.

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But as Johnson discovered when working with director Benny Safdie, there would be more to playing Kerr than looking and sounding like him.

“When I first got together with Benny, we were watching tapes of Mark, and Benny said, ‘I want to film this and never leave you.’ I knew what that meant,” Johnson told Variety. “He said, ‘I don’t want to cut away. I want to film this cinéma vérité, with a stealthy camera. You have a great stunt double, but I don’t want to use him.” So I said, ‘Okay. If Mark gets hit, I get hit.’”

Rated R, The crushing machinestarring Dwayne Johnson, is expected to debut on PVOD on Tuesday.

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