William H. Macy and more join Stealing Cars

According to Screen Daily, William H. Macy, Emory Cohen, Mike Epps, Felicity Huffman, John Leguizamo and Paul Sparks are joining the long-gestating indie feature Stealing Cars.  The premise is about " a rebellious teenager who is sent to juvenile prison and learns to forgive himself in the wake of a tragic car accident."

Those already cast include Heather Lind, Al Calderon, Leopold Manswell, Jeff Lima, Grace Van Patten, Deema Aitken, Chance Kelly, David Holmes, Craig Grant, Chris Caldovino, Volney Steffire, Chris Cenatiempo and Black Thought.  The movie is currently filming now in New York.

Initially I was very skeptical about this movie, as a few of the cast have a rocky track record (Mike Epps and John Leguizamo can be a kiss of death for a movie sometimes). But hearing the premise, this sounds like the sort of sweet independent movie that would attract this many actors and names.  I do think Epps and Leguizamo are extremely talented and I hope this turns out well. Not to mention the fact that I haven't seen William H. Macy in a movie for a while. Shameless must be keeping him real busy...