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Leighton Meester smiling by a decorated fireplace while Jared Padalecki plays an acoustic guitar next to two children in holiday sweaters in Netflix's Guarding Stars.
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Guarding Stars: Netflix Release Date, Cast, Trailer & LA Special Screening Photos

See photos from Netflix’s Guarding Stars LA special screening with Jared Padalecki, plus the November 18 release date, cast, trailer, and book adaptation info.

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Inside the Los Angeles Special Screening at Netflix HOME Theater

Netflix hosted a Los Angeles Special Screening of Guarding Stars at the Netflix HOME Theater in Hollywood. The film is based on Katherine Center’s novel, The Bodyguard.

Cast and filmmakers of Netflix's Guarding Stars—including Jared Padalecki, Genevieve Padalecki, Katherine Center, Ava Max, Walker Hayes, Toby Sandeman, Rachael Ancheril, Tess Degenstein, and Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum—posing in front of a holiday backdrop at the Los Angeles special screening.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 12: (Clockwise from L) Genevieve Padalecki, Erin Cardillo, Richard Keith, Walker Hayes, Jared Padalecki, Toby Sandeman, Grant Scharbo, Tess Degenstein, Rachael Ancheril, Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Gina Matthews, Ava Max and Katherine Center attend Netflix Holiday: “Guarding Stars” Special Screening at Netflix Home Theater on November 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Netflix)

Attendees included Director/Executive Producer Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Producer/Star Jared Padalecki, and cast members Walker Hayes, Toby Sandeman, Rachael Ancheril, Ava Max, and Tess Degenstein.

Star and producer Jared Padalecki in a brown suit posing with producer Genevieve Padalecki in a white outfit against a red curtain at Netflix's Guarding Stars Los Angeles special screening.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Jared Padalecki and Genevieve Padalecki attend Netflix Holiday: “Guarding Stars” Special Screening at Netflix Home Theater on November 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Netflix)
Producer Genevieve Padalecki, star and producer Jared Padalecki, and author Katherine Center holding a copy of her novel The Bodyguard in front of the Guarding Stars step-and-repeat at Netflix's Los Angeles special screening.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Genevieve Padalecki, Jared Padalecki Katherine Center attend Netflix Holiday: “Guarding Stars” Special Screening at Netflix Home Theater on November 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Netflix)
Guarding Stars cast members Walker Hayes, Jared Padalecki, Toby Sandeman, Ava Max, Rachael Ancheril, and Tess Degenstein posing together in front of a red holiday Netflix backdrop at the Los Angeles special screening.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Walker Hayes, Ava Max, Jared Padalecki, Rachael Ancheril, Toby Sandeman and Tess Degenstein attend Netflix Holiday: “Guarding Stars” Special Screening at Netflix Home Theater on November 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Netflix)

Producers Genevieve Padalecki, Gina Matthews, and Grant Scharbo, along with writers Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, also joined the celebrations, as did Executive Producer and Author Katherine Center.

Guarding Stars Plot Summary & Book-to-Screen Adaptation

Logline: When a no-nonsense bodyguard is assigned to protect a charming action star over the holidays sparks fly, secrets unravel, and Christmas gets a whole lot more complicated.

Leighton Meester plays no-nonsense bodyguard Hannah Brooks, hired to protect celebrity action star Jack Stapleton (Jared Padalecki) when a stalker threatens his holiday trip to his family’s Montana ranch, forcing the two to pose as a fake couple for Christmas.

Jared Padalecki and Andie MacDowell wearing cowboy hats and winter coats while leaning on a wooden fence in a snowy ranch scene from Netflix's Guarding Stars.
Guarding Stars. (L-R) Jared Padalecki as Jack and Andie MacDowell as Connie in Guarding Stars. Cr. Netflix © 2026.
Jared Padalecki as action star Jack Stapleton wearing mirrored aviator sunglasses, a scarf, and a dark winter coat while walking away from a helicopter in a snowy landscape in Netflix's Guarding Stars.
Guarding Stars. Jared Padalecki as Jack in Guarding Stars. Cr. Netflix © 2026.
Leighton Meester as bodyguard Hannah Brooks wearing a patterned shearling jacket and touching her earpiece at a festive holiday gathering in Netflix's Guarding Stars.
Guarding Stars. Leighton Meester as Hannah in Guarding Stars. Cr. Chris Large/Netflix © 2026.
Toby Sandeman, Phil Brooks, and Jared Padalecki gathered around computer monitors inside a corrugated metal hangar in a scene from Netflix's Guarding Stars.
Guarding Stars. (L-R) Toby Sandeman as Robbie, Phil Brooks as Doghouse and Jared Padalecki as Jack in Guarding Stars. Cr. Netflix © 2026.
Leighton Meester as Hannah Brooks and Jared Padalecki as Jack Stapleton smiling at each other while lying in the snow at sunset in Netflix's Guarding Stars.
Guarding Stars. (L-R) Leighton Meester as Hannah and Jared Padalecki as Jack in Guarding Stars. Cr. Netflix © 2026.
Jared Padalecki tipping a black cowboy hat at sunset in front of a helicopter in a scene from the Netflix holiday movie Guarding Stars.
Guarding Stars. Jared Padalecki as Jack in Guarding Stars. Cr. Netflix © 2026.

While longtime fans know Jared Padalecki best for hunting monsters alongside his brother – a classic dynamic we revisited in our Supernatural #1 FCBD comic review – Guarding Stars trades demonic hunts for holiday romance, casting him as a charming action star in need of a ‘no-nonsense’ bodyguard.

Watch the trailer.

Guarding Stars Full Cast & Creative Team

Guarding Stars is directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, and the film is based on Katherine Center’s novel, The Bodyguard. The screenplay was written by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith and Gina Matthews & Grant Scharbo. The film was produced by Jared & Genevieve Padalecki with Living in the Asterisk and Gina Matthews, p.g.a. & Grant Scharbo p.g.a. with Little Engine Productions.

Executive producers on the project include Robin Mulcahy Fisichella, Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, and Katherine Center. The key cast members are Leighton Meester, Jared Padalecki, Noah LaLonde, Walker Hayes, Toby Sandeman, Rachael Ancheril, Shaun Johnston, Phil Brooks, Ava Max, and Andie MacDowell.

Guarding Stars arrives on Netflix November 18th, just in time for the holidays!

Note: The information above was sourced from a press release.

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