Jared Padalecki’s New Netflix Romance Film Officially Gets Its Streaming Debut This Week

Netflix will release *Guarding Stars*, a holiday romantic comedy starring Jared Padalecki and Leighton Meester, on Wednesday, 18 November. The film follows a Hollywood action star facing a stalker threat, with the romance built around a bodyguard posing as his girlfriend.

Adapted from Katherine Center’s novel *The Bodyguard*, the story casts Padalecki as Jack Stapleton and Meester as Hannah Brooks, a security professional protecting him during a Montana ranch getaway. Allen Rosenbaum directed the film; Andie MacDowell, Noah LaLonde, Phil Brooks, Ava Max and Walker Hayes also appear. It joins Netflix’s growing selection of Christmas releases.