Joseph Jenkinson on why wrestling movies provide some of cinemas most emotional drama…Sports dramas have long occupied a unique place in cinema. Boxing gave us Rocky, baseball produced Moneyball and Field of Dreams, while motorsport has delivered everything from Rush to Ford v Ferrari. Yet one sporting subgenre remains strangely overlooked despite producing some of […]
Movie Review – The Iron Claw (2023)
The Iron Claw, 2023.Written and Directed Sean Durkin. Starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany, Lily James, Cazzey Louis Cereghino, Kevin Anton, Maxwell Friedman, Brady Pierce, Aaron Dean Eisenberg, Ryan Nemeth, Chad Governale, Michael Harney, Jim Gleason, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Alyssa Matthews, Leo Franich, Sam Franich, and Cassidy […]
Go behind the curtain with The Iron Claw cast featurette
A24 Films has released a featurette for writer-director Sean Durkin’s upcoming biopic The Iron Claw which sees stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson taking us behind the scenes and discussing their pro-wrestling training for their roles as the Von Erich brothers; watch it below…The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, […]
A24’s Von Erich family biopic The Iron Claw unveils new poster
A24 has released a new poster for its upcoming pro-wrestling biopic The Iron Claw which features Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson as brothers Kevin Von Erich, Kerry Von Erich and David Von Erich of the Von Erich wrestling family dynasty; check it out here…SEE ALSO: The Iron Claw trailer depicts most tragic […]
The Iron Claw trailer depicts most tragic family in pro-wrestling
Professional wrestling is a dangerous sport, even when you are outside the squared circle. Now A24 and filmmaker Sean Durkin look at one of the most tragic stories in all wrestling: the tragedies that struck the legendary Von Erich family.With The Iron Claw (named after the move made famous by the Von Erichs), we see […]
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson are the Von Erichs in new image from A24 wrestling drama The Iron Claw
A24 has announced the Christmas release date of their tragic true-story wrestling drama The Iron Claw by giving us a new look at the cast, which includes Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White.Directed by Martha Marcy May Marlene‘s Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw focuses on the tragic, true story of the Von Erich family, a […]
First look at Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw, AEW’s MJF joins cast
After several rounds of paparazzi photos featuring a bulked-up Zac Efron made their way across the internet, A24 has now released an official first look image of the actor as pro wrestler Kevin Von Erich in director Sean Durkin’s (Martha Marcy May Marlene) upcoming drama The Iron Claw.The film tells the true and tragic story […]
Zac Efron set for A24’s Von Erich family wrestling drama The Iron Claw
Zac Efron has signed on to lead the cast of The Iron Claw, a drama from A24 and writer-director Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Nest) which will tell the story of the rise and fall of legendary pro wrestling family the Von Erichs.Specific details on the film are being kept under wraps, as […]
