"Found Footage": Vertical Acquires Horror-Comedy Film for UK, US and Ireland Distribution

Vertical has secured the distribution rights for North America, the United Kingdom, and Ireland for the horror-comedy film "Found Footage: The Making of The Patterson Project" by Max Tzannes. This film was directed and written by Tzannes, with David San Miguel as co-writer. Jacob Souza handled the editing and cinematography. The trio makes up the Dirty Shot Clean film-making collective.

Tzannes stated that Dirty Shot Clean was excited to work with filmmakers whose genre-blending movies greatly influenced their work. They aimed to create a narrative that both praises and manipulates the conventions of found footage films, as well as humorously references the terrifying experience of producing an independent horror movie.

A summary of "Found Footage" reveals that it follows a team of acclaimed documentarians documenting a young filmmaker's pursuit to make the best found footage horror film. The movie drew inspiration from "This is Spinal Tap" and "The Blair Witch Project" and stars Brennan Keel Cook, Chen Tang, Erika Vetter, and Dean Cameron. "Found Footage" is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on June 20, and for streaming release on June 24 in North America, and June 30 in the UK.

The film is produced by Tyler Friesen, presented by Radio Silence, and executive produced by Chad Villella, Tyler Gillett, and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin.