MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios is all set to open its 2012 account with Alexander Payne and George Clooney’s The Descendants.

The film will release across India on 26 January.

Directed by Alexander Payne, the film has George Clooney essaying the role of Matt King, a privileged Honolulu attorney from a landowning family who is compelled to reevaluate his marriage and life while his wife lies exhausted in a hospital bed following a boating accident.

With 5 Golden Globe nominations already under its belt and also being chosen as the best film of 2011 by Los Angeles Film Critics Association, The Descendants is expected to blitzkrieg all major film awards this year. The film is also in race for an Oscar nod.