Shailene Woodley signs on to star in new comedy Robots from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm writer

She’s best known for starring in the Divergent movies and The Fault In Out Stars.

But Shailene Woodley is changing up her big screen choices, according to Variety.

The actress, 29, has signed on to star in the comedy Robots from one of the writers of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Anthony Hines.

Hines, who co-wrote the screenplay, will make his directorial debut with the film which is based on a short story by science fiction writer Robert Sheckley. 

Variety reported that the story ‘focuses on a womanizer and a gold digger who are forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves, who have, in turn, fallen in love and absconded together.’

Woodley will co-star with British actor Jack Whitehall, 32, whose recent credits include Good Omens and Disney’s upcoming Jungle Cruise.

Production on Robots is set to start in New Mexico in August. 

Most recently, Woodley has been in the news more for her love life than for her acting career.

She surprised everyone earlier this year with the news that she’s engaged to NFL star Aaron Hernandez after a whirlwind romance.

In an interview with Shape magazine, the actress admitted she ‘jumped in headfirst’ and ‘immediately’ moved in with the pro athlete, 37, during the pandemic. 

‘Starting a relationship where you immediately move in with someone — because it’s a pandemic and you can’t just get on a plane and go back and forth on weekends — taught us a lot about each other very quickly,’ she explained.

‘We jumped in headfirst and got some of the sticky bits out of the way early.’ 

Woodley told the publication that she believes ‘I would have met Aaron in any context, any space in time, because I feel we were meant to be together.’

The Green Bay Packers quarterback called their engagement the ‘best thing that’s happened to me’ during an Instagram Live chat in March.