For the new film The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie is breaking out on his own, directing his first movie without brother Josh after the duo teamed up for 2019’s Uncut Gems and 2017’s Good Time. The ...

For decades, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has played gods, superheroes, and other (mostly indestructible) action heroes. In The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie’s hefty MMA biopic, Johnson displays a new ...

United Artists and Scott Stuber are behind the package adapting Daniel Pinkwater's novel. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter The next feature collaboration between Dwayne Johnson and Benny ...

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (Credit: Getty Images) Fresh off “The Smashing Machine,” Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next project “Lizard Music” ...

Movie reviewer Joshua Hill says, 'The Smashing Machine,' directed by Benny Sadfie and with Dwayne Johnson in the lead role, ...