It brings me great satisfaction to finally be able to type these words: The first proper look at Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as two-time UFC heavyweight tournament champ Mark Kerr, is here.

The A24-distributed drama, also starring Emily Blunt as Kerr’s former wife, Dawn Staples, shares a title with John Hyams’ well-received 2002 documentary. Kerr, of course, is himself known as “The Smashing Machine,” with an undeniable impact on MMA and combat sports at large.

In a recent conversation with Pat McAfee and crew, Johnson explained how the creative hunger that led him to working with Safdie also led to him and Blunt, who previously worked together on Jungle Cruise, reuniting once again for an upcoming Martin Scorsese project.

“I love making the bigger blockbuster movies,” Johnson said last week. “They’re a lot of fun. They’re hard as shit to make and a lot people enjoy them—hopefully, knock on wood around the world—but I wanted more. I wanted a challenge and I just wanted the opportunity to disappear into something and disappear into a part and a role that would really challenge me in ways that I’ve never been challenged before. On top of that, I know it sounds crazy, but to be nervous, man. In a way, you’re buzzy, like, ‘How am I gonna do this? i don’t know how to do this.’”

Up top, catch the just-released new trailer for The Smashing Machine ahead of its Oct. 3 theatrical rollout. In the trailer’s opening seconds, we hear the faint sounds of a 1999 Sugar Ray hit beneath a conversation between Johnson’s Kerr and an older woman in a waiting room.

“Winning is the best feeling there is,” Johnson is later heard saying, marking one of several poignant moments in a trailer that very strongly suggests this may go down as one of the best films of the year.

The film is one of two solo Safdie Brothers projects slated for release this year. In December, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme—starring Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Tyler, The Creator—is set to hit theaters.