George Clooney is currently in talks to join Fox Searchlight Pictures' "The Descendants." The story follows a wealthy landowners who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in hopes of keeping his family together.

The actor is currently shooting the Anton Corbijn-helmed thriller "The American." Alexander Payne returns to the helm after almost five years and filming is scheduled to start in Hawaii in February. This marks the first collaboration between Payne and Clooney.

The screenplay is based on the first novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings and is penned by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon.