Jared Padalecki has signed up for a Netflix romantic comedy based mostly on a best-selling novel and co-starring Leighton Meester. Finest recognized for starring within the TV collection Walker, Supernatural, and The Gilmore Ladies, that is Padalecki’s first position in a Netflix film, although he did reprise his Gilmore Ladies position for Netflix’s Gilmore Ladies: A 12 months within the Life.
The film is The Bodyguard, an adaptation of Katherine Heart’s novel of the identical identify, directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum from a screenplay by Grant Scharbo, Richard Keith, and Erin Cardillo. The story facilities on a film star (Padalecki) who’s assigned a bodyguard (Meester) as he’s being stalked. Nonetheless, when the actor returns to his household’s residence for the vacations, he has the bodyguard fake to be his girlfriend so his household does not fear.
It is being reported that the film is switching the ebook’s location from a ranch in Texas to at least one in Montana. Filming is about to start in Canada in December. There is no information on a launch date presently, or any info on extra forged members for the film.
Netflix’s The Bodyguard Has No Connection To Kevin Costner’s The Bodyguard
Whereas the titles are the identical and the plot bares a little bit of a resemblance, Netflix’s The Bodyguard will not be related to the 1992 film The Bodyguard that starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Although a remake of The Bodyguard is in improvement.
Heart’s The Bodyguard was first revealed in 2022, turning into a New York Occasions bestseller and incomes quite a lot of different honors from varied publications, together with being named one of many funniest books of that yr by The Washington Put up. Conversely, 1992’s The Bodyguard is a drama/thriller.
The Bodyguard
- Launch Date
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November 25, 1992
- Runtime
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129 Minutes
- Director
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Mick Jackson
- Writers
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Lawrence Kasdan
Netflix would definitely just like the film to be as widespread as Costner and Houston’s The Bodyguard, in streaming phrases. The 1992 film made extra $411 million worldwide when it was launched.
What Else To Know About Netflix’s The Bodyguard
The Padalecki, Meester pairing in The Bodyguard probably has quite a lot of followers excited. Each have been concerned in some widespread TV collection; the aforementioned Walker and The Gilmore Ladies for Padalecki, whereas Meester starred in Gossip Woman.
As for when followers can probably count on The Bodyguard to premiere on Netflix, with the film’s vacation setting, there’s an affordable likelihood that this could possibly be a part of the streamer’s 2026 vacation lineup. Netflix has featured quite a lot of holiday-themed unique films over the past variety of years, and The Bodyguard appears poised to be one in 2026.