George Clooney is a Leatherhead

George Clooney makes time to take pictures with and sign autographs for fans while working on his new film Leatherheads in Greer, South Carolina, on Monday morning.

Leatherheads co-stars John Krasinski and Renee Zellweger and is set for a Dec. 7 release.

George, 45, directs, writes and acts in the sports comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner (Clooney) of a professional team drafts a straight-laced college sensation (Krasinski), only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancee (Zellweger).