Tripplehorn, Weaver, Simmons go ´Crazy´

Ray Liotta, Kelsey Grammer and Julie Bowen also star in the independently financed film.

Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sigourney Weaver and J.K. Simmons are joining Tim Allen in his directorial debut, the ex-con comedy "Crazy on the Outside."

Allen will play a newly released prisoner who tries to persuade his single-mom parole officer (Tripplehorn) to date him. His struggle to rebuild his life is further complicated by a loving but manipulative older sister (Weaver) and her sarcastic, taunting husband (Simmons).

Ray Liotta, Kelsey Grammer and Julie Bowen also star in the independently financed film, which reunites Allen with his "Galaxy Quest" co-star Weaver and draws some parallels to his own experience as an ex-con. (He served time for cocaine possession.)

Tripplehorn stars in HBO's "Big Love," while Weaver is currently in theaters with "Be Kind Rewind" and "Vantage Point." Simmons played Ellen Page's dad in "Juno."