Watch new trailer for ‘Iron Claw’ movie, a biopic on Texas wrestling Von Erich family

The first trailer for “The Iron Claw,” a movie based on the famous Texas-based wrestling Von Erich family, was released on Wednesday.

Coming from studio A24, the movie follows the rise and fall of the family that took the wrestling world by storm in the early 1980s. “The Iron Claw” comes out in theaters on Dec. 22.

Zac Efron plays Kevin Von Erich in the movie, with Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson portraying Kerry Von Erich and David Von Erich respectively. Holt McCallany will portray the family patriarch Fritz Von Erich.

“The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports,” the film’s synposis reads.

The trailer opens slowly to Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” as the Von Erich family are introduced as a merry band of wrestlers. Things shift into overdrive at nearly the one minute mark as Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” booms into the ring.

For the next minute and half, viewers are treated to the highs and lows of the family as they fight to keep their wrestling status. Eagle-eyed viewers can even catch a glimpse at the now defunct Dallas wrestling arena — the Sportatorium — in the trailer.

The Von Erich family was wrestling royalty until tragedy struck.

They even did shows at Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth and at the Dallas Sportatorium in the 1980s — a time when professional wrestling was popular in North Texas and drew television audiences worldwide.

By the time Fritz Von Erich died in 1997, five of his six sons preceded him in death, according to Bleacher Report.

Kerry Von Erich committed suicide in 1993, David Von Erich died from enteritis in 1984, Mike Von Erich died by overdose in 1987, Chris Von Erich shot himself in 1991 and first-born Jack Barton Adkisson Jr. drowned at just six-years-old in 1959.

The last surviving son Kevin Von Erich recently announced that he was moving back to Texas after purchasing a ranch near the south-central Texas town of Boerne, according to The Dallas Morning News.

“The Iron Claw,”, written and directed by Sean Durkin, hits the big screen on Dec. 22.