Dwayne Johnson Is Almost Unrecognizable In First Look At His MMA Movie

In the more immediate run of upcoming Dwayne Johnson movies, the world can look forward to the occasional WWE Superstar mixing it up with the holiday action flick Red One. While that’s a more traditional offering from Johnson’s filmography, he actually has an A24 picture coming in the future that’ll also put his athleticism on display: the MMA biopic The Smashing Machine. 

Though we still don’t have a release date for that film, we have our first look at Johnson as MMA legend Mark Kerr; and he’s almost unrecognizable. What we know about The Smashing Machine has somewhat prepared us for Johnson’s transformation. However, even knowing the difference in their physical appearance still left the door open for a pretty impressive look at how he’s changed for director Benny Safdie’s still undated biopic.