Get your first look at The Iron Claw after A24 releases a trailer for the sports biopic starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White as the Von Erich family wrestling brothers.
With their chiseled bodies, Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White are ready to step into the ring in the trailer for upcoming wrestling drama “The Iron Claw.”
A24, the entertainment company that distributed the Oscar-winning 2022 film “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” released a first look at the long-awaited film that chronicles the true rise of the Von Erich wrestling dynasty in the 1980s describes.
“We are here to bring justice to the wrestling federation that our father built with his own hands,” a voice is heard saying in the trailer, referring to the World Wide Wrestling Federation that eventually became known as WWE. “The hands that were passed on to us. The hands that will deliver the Iron Claw to you.”
Watch the trailer here:
What is “The Iron Claw” about?
Written and directed by Sean Durkin (“The Nest”), the sports biopic tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who rose to fame in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the 1980s.
As the oldest and middle brothers, sporty Kevin (Efron) and Kerry (Allen White) are their father’s favorites. It’s a status that comes with high expectations as they face the harsh demands and futile ambitions of their father, who pushes them to carry on the legacy he created as a wrestler in his own right two decades ago.
But their rise to superstardom is plagued by the myth of a curse placed on the Von Erichs, as the family is beset by one tragedy after another. Today Kevin is the only living Von Erich of his generation.
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Who is in the cast of “The Iron Claw”?
Although Efron, 35, rose to fame as the star of Disney’s “High School Musical,” his role in “The Iron Claw” marks his latest dramatic turn after starring opposite Russell Crowe in the Vietnam War film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” last year In 2019, Efron also portrayed notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in the Netflix series Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
Allen White, 32, meanwhile, rose to fame on 11 seasons of Showtime’s “Shameless” before breaking out as a young Chicago chef on FX and Hulu’s Emmy-nominated restaurant comedy-drama “The Bear.”
“The Iron Claw” also stars Harris Dickinson (“Where the Crawdads Sing”) and Stanley Simons as two of the other three Von Erich brothers. Holt McCallany (“Mindhunter”) portrays the boys’ domineering father, Jack Adkisson Sr., known professionally as Fritz Von Erich.
Emmy nominee Maura Tierney (“Liar Liar”) plays matriarch Doris Von Erich, and Lily James (“Pam & Tommy”) plays Kevin’s wife, Pam Adkisson.
“The Von Erichs will forever be the greatest family in the history of wrestling,” her father proclaims at the end of the trailer.
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When will “The Iron Claw” be in theaters?
“Iron Claw” hits theaters in the United States on December 22nd.
A24 financed and produced the film and it is co-financed by Access Entertainment and BBC Film.
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