Rocket Science announced today that Shailene Woodley (“Big Little Lies,” Adrift, The Spectacular Now) will star in the fast-paced comedy Robots for Academy Award nominated writer Anthony Hines (the writer of Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) who will co-direct with Casper Christensen (“Klown”). Woodley will star alongside Jack Whitehall (upcoming Jungle Cruise, The Bad Education Movie, Mother’s Day). Rocket Science is handling international sales on the film in the Virtual Cannes Market, while CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing, is co-representing the film’s domestic distribution rights with Cassian Elwes’ Elevated who is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films.

Based on the short story by acclaimed science fiction writer Robert Sheckley, Hines and Christensen penned the screenplay, which focuses on a womanizer and a gold digger who learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves, who have fallen in love and run away together. Hamel developed the project under his Company Films banner.

Writer and co- director, Anthony Hines said: “At a time when comedies are needed more than ever, I couldn’t be more delighted than to have Shailene and Jack team up to play the leads in this movie”. 

Woodley is a celebrated actress, well regarded for her roles in such memorable films as the coming-of-age romance, The Fault in Our Stars, The Divergent Series, Endings, Beginnings, The Descendants, and most recently HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” where she was nominated for an Emmy® alongside Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman. Woodley recently wrapped the lead role and served as a producer on the indie film Misanthrope and stars in the upcoming Netflix and Studio Canal feature film The Last Letter from Your Lover, which she also produced.

Production is set to begin this August in New Mexico. Woodley is repped by Hyperion and attorney Felker, Toczek, Suddelston Abramson.

Thorsten Schumacher and Jere Hausfater will serve as Executive Producers.