Steven Culp in "Collusions"

(August 18, 2021, screendaily.com, by Jeremy Kay)

High Octane boards sales on crime drama ‘Collusions’, Vertical to release in US (exclusive)

High Octane Pictures has acquired international rights to Boomerang Productions Media’s crime mystery Collusions ahead of the film’s day-and-date US release this week.

Tom Everett Scott from That Thing You Do stars in the Los Angeles-set story about the intertwined fates of five people and the case of a woman and her missing tooth. Anthony Vietro directed from a screenplay by Monica Zepeda.

Vertical Entertainment will release the film in the US theatrically and on VoD on August 20.

Tembi Locke, Steven Culp, Jamison Jones, Brynn Thayer and Kelli Joan Bennett round out the key cast. Boomerang Productions Media COO Bennett also served as producer with Jennifer Simpson, while Boomerang CEO Tim Warren was executive producer.

High Octane’s head of acquisitions Mark Silba brokered the deal with Warren.

(August 17, 2021, newsdirect.com, by Boomerang Productions Media)

VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES BOOMERANG PRODUCTIONS MEDIA’S "COLLUSIONS" STARRING TOM EVERETT SCOTT

Vertical is Set to Release the LA-set Crime Mystery in theaters and VOD August 20th

Boomerang Productions Media announced today that Vertical Entertainment acquired domestic rights to their crime mystery COLLUSIONS, and will be giving it a day-and-date release, in theaters and on VOD August 20, 2021. The film stars Tom Everett Scott (THAT THING YOU DO), Steven Culp (Desperate Housewives), Jamison Jones (THE WRETCHED), Tembi Locke (DUMB AND DUMBER TO), Brynn Thayer (BLUE JASMINE) and Kelli Joan Bennett (HOMECOMING). Bennett, COO of Boomerang Productions Media, also served as producer on the film along with Jennifer Simpson (PENELOPE), with Boomerang’s CEO Tim Warren serving as Executive Producer.

Winner of “Best Actor” (Tom Everett Scott) and the “Best Picture” Jury award at its world premiere at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase (IFS) Film Festival, it was directed by Anthony Vietro (THE PERFECT LEAVE), and written by Monica Zepeda (“Area 51”).

“We’re thrilled to finally get this film in front of audiences all over the country and are especially excited to partner with a distributor as knowledgeable and successful in the independent film space as Vertical Entertainment,” said Boomerang’s Tim Warren.

COLLUSIONS is a cerebral, character driven crime mystery that follows five people intertwined in the legal and law enforcement world of Los Angeles as the story of a beaten woman, her missing tooth and their motives are revealed.

About Boomerang Productions Media:

Boomerang Productions Media is a Directors Guild of America award-nominated, film festival award-winning production company in La Crescenta, California. Launched by award-winning producer Tim Warren in 1996, BPM incubates, develops and produces a wide range of television, film, documentary, and alternative media programming for all US and international audiences. The company’s name derives from its founding principle of creating projects with both positive intentions and positive actions in order to achieve positive results.

About Vertical Entertainment:

Founded in 2012, Vertical Entertainment has become a leading global independent distributor releasing films across all mediums. Vertical's unique combination of full-service marketing and highly effective sales services provides collaborative solutions for filmmakers, as the company leverages creative and platform relationships to maximize revenue streams from all content providers.

Current and upcoming Vertical Entertainment releases include John Pollono’s directorial debut “Small Engine Repair” starring Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Jordana Spiro and Ciara Bravo, Sabrina Doyle’s debut feature “Lorelei,” starring Jena Malone and Pablo Schrieber. Sundance premiere “Wild Indian” written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. and starring Michael Greyeyes, Kate Bosworth and Jesse Eisenberg.

Vertical’s past successes include Channing Godfrey Peoples’ “Miss Juneteenth,” starring Nicole Beharie in her Best Actress Gotham Independent Film Award-winning performance and four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best Female Lead and Best First Feature, and NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture; Best Picture Golden Globe Award nominee “Music,” directed by Sia and starring Best Actress Golden Globe Award nominee Kate Hudson; Eytan Rockaway’s “Lansky” starring Harvey Keitel and Sam Worthington; the Toronto Film Festival Midnight Madness breakout “Shadow in the Cloud,” directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloe Grace Moretz; “The Informer,” with Andrea Di Stefano directing the star-studded cast of Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Clive Owen, and Ana de Armas; “Robin’s Wish,” the revelatory account of iconic comedian Robin Williams' final days, directed by Tylor Norwood; Tate Taylor's “Ava” with John Malkovich, Geena Davis, Joan Chen, Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain and “Yes, God, Yes,” directed by Karen Maine and starring Natalia Dyer and Timothy Simons. Chris Kelly’s “Other People,” with Molly Shannon in her Independent Spirit Award-winning performance; and Babak Anvari’s BAFTA and British Independent Film Award-winning thriller “Under the Shadow.”

Boomerang Productions Media is a Directors Guild of America award-nominated, film festival award-winning production company in La Crescenta, California. Launched by award-winning producer Tim Warren in 1996, BPM incubates, develops and produces a wide range of television, film, documentary, and alternative media programming for all US and international audiences. The company’s name derives from its founding principle of creating projects with both positive intentions and positive actions in order to achieve positive results.

(July 30, 2021, firstshowing.net, Alex Billington)

Cerebral Crime Mystery Set in Los Angeles 'Collusions' Official Trailer

"Any other question, detective?" "What really happened?" Vertical Entertainment has debuted a new trailer for an indie "cerebral, character driven crime mystery" film titled Collusions, made by cinematographer / filmmaker Anthony Vietro. This originally premiered at a festival in 2018 and is only now getting a release in the US. Collusions follows five people intertwined in the legal and law enforcement world of Los Angeles as the story of a beaten woman, her missing tooth and their motives are revealed. Starring Tom Everett Scott, Steven Culp, Jamison Jones, Tembi Locke, Brynn Thayer, plus Kelli Joan Bennett, who was also a producer on the film. There's not much to see here in this dready LA drama about boring people.

Here's the official trailer (...) for Anthony Vietro's Collusions, direct from YouTube:

Collusions is a crime mystery that follows five people intertwined in the legal and law enforcement world of Los Angeles as the story of a beaten woman, her missing tooth and their motives are revealed. Collusions is directed by cinematographer / filmmaker Anthony Vietro, making his second feature film after The Perfect Leave previously, and lots of other production work in Los Angeles; he also owns a grip services company. The screenplay is written by Monica Zepeda. Produced by Kelli Joan Bennett & Jennifer Simpson. This originally premiered at the IFS Film Festival in Los Angeles back in 2018. Vertical Ent. will debut Vietro's Collusions film in select US theaters + on VOD starting on August 20th this year. Anyone?

(July 28, 2021, comingsoon.net, by Tyler Treese)

Exclusive Collusions Trailer – LA Crime Thriller Starring Tom Everett Scott

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According to the Instagram account of Jamison Jones, the premiere of "Collusion" will take place on May 10, 2018 at The Grove, Los Angeles. So far, I have not found that information on any other site to confirm the news, but I hope it's true.

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