A24’s ‘The Iron Claw,’ Starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White, Gets a Release Date
Brothers. Wrestlers. Legends. Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson star as the Von Erichs in Sean Durkin’s THE IRON CLAW. In theaters everywhere this Christmas. pic.twitter.com/rVcWxYEOQ0
- A24 (@A24) July 27, 2023
A24 will release “The Iron Claw,” a sports drama starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White in theaters nationwide on December 22nd,
The fun family tale that's just the perfect Christmas time flick will cover the Von Erich family, a dynasty of professional wrestlers who made history in the early 1980s.
The brothers had to battle inside the ring, but outside they were plagued with a series of tragedies that became known as the “Von Erich curse.”
When patriarch Fritz died of cancer in his Denton County home in 1997 at the age of 68, five of his six sons had predeceased him. His firstborn, Jack Jr., was accidentally shocked and drowned in a puddle at the age of 6 in 1959, outside his Niagara Falls home. In 1984, David Von Erich died in a Tokyo hotel from enteritis at the age of 25. Mike, Chris, and Kerry all died by suicide; Mike took an overdose of Placidyl near Lewisville Lake in 1987 at the age of 23, Chris shot himself in the head with a 9mm handgun in 1991 at the age of 21, and Kerry shot himself in the chest in the family yard in 1993 at the age of 33. Kevin Von Erich is the last surviving son.
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