Ethan Hawke is an ex-convict desperate for redemption in Blumhouse's Adopt A Highway trailer

Ethan Hawke—pound for pound one of our best and most adventurous actors working today—stars in Adopt A Highway, the latest dramatic offering from the horror mavens at Blumhouse. Logan Marshall-Green, who starred in Blumhouse’s excellent Upgrade, wrote and directed the feature, which follows an ex-con—a victim of California’s three strikes sentencing law—as he tries (and fails) to rebuild his life on the outside. In a twist you’ve seen before, everything changes when he finds himself the unlikely caretaker of an abandoned child.

But, predictable arc aside, Adopt A Highway looks like a gritty and heartfelt slice of life, and, per the below trailer, Hawke looks to disappear within the role (and some righteous facial hair).