'Stealing Cars' DVD: John Leguizamo, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman Release Date

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is bring their award-winning drama, Stealing Cars, to DVD. Before the official release date, take a peek ensemble drama starring Mike Epps (The Hangover), Felicity Huffman (American Crime), William H. Macy (Shamless) and John Leguizamo (John Wick).

Taking home the the Zeitgeist Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival, the critically acclaimed drama comes from Rachel Winter, a producer of Dallas Buyers Club, and executive producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson (Entourage). Winter had been in development of the project since the mid-1990s before finally getting the film going into production. She first read the Stealing Cars script by Will Aldis and Steve Mackall back in 1999.

According to the official plot synopsis, Billy Wyatt (Emory Cohen) is a young man with tremendous promise. A tragic car accident sends the confident yet rebellious teen spiraling downward into the juvenile penal system, His troubled past unfortunately leads Billy straight to the Bernville Camp for Boys. Inside the camp, Billy must navigate his way through dangerous inmates, while dealing with a cruel and equally punishing staff. During his incarceration, Billy learns to inspire others and find out the truth about himself in the process.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stealing Cars had been in the making for at least 14 years. During the development, the flick had been at one point set up at Warner Bros. Filmmaker Jon Amiel (Entrapment) and Chad Michael Murray (Agent Carter) were once signed on board as director and star. Documentary filmmaker Bradley Kaplan (Muhammad and Larry) took over the reins and picked the Brooklyn actor as his lead.

In a video interview with Collider, Emory Cohen describes his experience with the indie drama, "There's some interesting stuff. I've got a film called Stealing Cars. It will hit the festival circuit. I'm really excited about it. I play a little young rebel. Not that I do that or anything. [Laughs]

Stealing Cars will be available on DVD and Digital April 5, 2016.

Readers, are you excited to add Stealing Cars to your movie collection?