Negotiations are underway to deliver Academy Award-nominated Emily Blunt to the Dwayne Johnson movie automobile The Smashing Machine.
Blunt would play Dawn Staples, the brand new spouse to MMA champion Mark Kerr. While attempting to arrange a life collectively, Dawn struggles to search out her place inside Mark’s chaotic and contradictory world.
The movie is a drama primarily based on the story of Kerr, the legendary MMA fighter from the no-holds-barred period of the UFC. He struggles with dependancy, profitable, love, and friendship, set within the yr 2000.
During his MMA profession, Kerr was a two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion, World Vale Tudo Championship event winner, a PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion, 1992 NCAA National Wrestling Champion, 1994 National Freestyle Champion and 4x ADCC World Submission Champion.
In 2003, Kerr was the topic of an HBO documentary titled The Smashing Machine, which detailed his MMA profession combating in Vale Tudo, the UFC and PRIDE.
The movie is written and directed by Benny Safdie and produced and financed by A24.
Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions will produce alongside Safdie’s Out for the Count banner, Eli Bush and David Koplan.
Johnson and Safdie have been collaborators on the undertaking since Seven Bucks Productions acquired the rights in 2019 and can produce collectively.
Blunt is represented by CAA, The Artists Partnership, and David Weber of Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.