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    "title": "RUSSELL CROWE AND DANIEL MACPHERSON UNLEASH \nIN THE STAN ORIGINAL BEAST, \nPREMIERING JUNE 4, \nSTREAMING ONLY ON STAN.",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-17 23:30:02",
    "published_at": "2026-05-17 23:30:00",
    "url": "https://www.stan.news/russell-crowe-and-daniel-macpherson-unleash-in-the-stan-original-beast-premiering-june-4-streaming-only-on-stan",
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    "subtitle": "Legends are made in the cage",
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    "body": "\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"\"\n                id=\"image-3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab\"\n                data-id=\"3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab/-/inline/no/BEAST_KA_HRZ_PP.jpg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3490e7c8-2cab-4b40-a50d-ea435a5d29ab/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Story image\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<a href=\"https://youtu.be/mM87Be7uRWA\"\n        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n        class=\"story-content-button-block story-content-button-block--wide story-content-button-block--primary\">\n    TRAILER</a>\n<a href=\"https://www.stan.news/stan-original-beast\"\n        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n        class=\"story-content-button-block story-content-button-block--wide story-content-button-block--primary\">\n    PUBLICITY ASSETS</a>\n<p><strong>May 18, 2026 &ndash; </strong>Academy Award&reg; winner <strong>Russell Crowe</strong> is stepping back into the ring &mdash; this time as a veteran fight trainer &mdash; in the Stan Original film <em><strong>Beast</strong></em>,<strong> premiering June 4, streaming only on Stan. </strong></p><p>Russell Crowe (<em>Gladiator, Nuremberg</em>) is commanding as Sammy, the trainer whose relationship with champion fighter Patton James (<strong>Daniel MacPherson</strong>) embodies tough love, hard-won forgiveness, and the complex bonds between mentors and the fighters they shape.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Beast</em> is a powerful story of redemption, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bonds of family that pulse through every frame. 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champion <strong>Bren Foster </strong>(<em>The Last Ship, Life After Fighting</em>), who also choreographed the film&rsquo;s high-impact fight sequences and, in her acting debut, multi-platinum award-winning artist <strong>Amy Shark</strong>.</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                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Now a blue-collar husband and father on Sydney&rsquo;s outskirts, he lives quietly with a past he&#039;d rather forget. When his brother Malon (<strong>Mojean Aria</strong>) is left broken and debt-ridden after a savage ONE Championship bout, that quiet is shattered. 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