Woodley Gets New Life

The Secret Life of the American Teenager star Shailene Woodley has won the lead female role opposite George Clooney in Alexander Payne's, The Descendants reports Variety

Based on the book by Kaui Hart Hemmings, the story follows an attorney (Clooney) forced to get closer to his daughters after a family tragedy.

Woodley plays the eldest daughter.

The script was adapted by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

Payne and Jim Burke will produce the pic.