Ray Liotta joins Forest Whitaker in the indie

Ray Liotta will team with Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel in the drama "Powder Blue."

According to Variety, the film will begin production next month with Timothy Linh Bui writing and directing for Eleven Eleven Films, Spirit Dance Entertainment and Grosvenor Park Media.

The film focuses on a quartet of unhappy people who come together one Christmas Eve. Liotta plays a long imprisoned con who tries to reconnect to the daughter (Biel) he barely knows.

Liotta was most recently seen in the features "Wild Hogs" and "Smokin' Aces," but don't necessarily hold that against him. He just finished work on the ensemble "Crossing Over" for director Wayne Kramer, adding to a film resume that also includes "Goodfellas," "Field of Dreams" and "Something Wild."