The Tax Collector


The Tax Collector is a 2020 American crime thriller film written, directed, and produced by David Ayer. It stars Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona, George Lopez, and Shia LaBeouf, and follows two tax collectors for a Los Angeles crime lord whose business becomes upended, resulting in one of them desperately protecting his family from an old rival.
It is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2020, by RLJE Films.

Premise

David and Creeper work as “tax collectors” for a crime lord named Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, his entire business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters most to him — his family.

Cast

On June 21, 2018, it was announced that Shia LaBeouf and David Ayer would team up for the film The Tax Collector. In May 2018, it was announced that Brendan Schaub had joined the cast for a cameo role as a gang member, as Ayer had been trying to convince Brendan for months to take a role in the film. In July 2018, Chelsea Rendon, Cinthya Carmona, Lana Parrilla, Gabriela Flores and George Lopez joined the cast of the film. For his role in the film, LaBeouf got his entire chest tattooed.
Principal photography began on July 16, 2018 and ended on August 16, 2018.

Release

In May 2020, RLJE Films acquired distribution rights to the film. It is scheduled to be released in limited theaters and digitally on demand on August 7, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film held its premiere at the Vineland Drive-In theatre in City of Industry, California on July 30, 2020.