About this Event
Netflix and Texas Book Festival present a special pre-screening of Guarding Stars, the film adaptation of Katherine Center’s bestselling novel The Bodyguard, starring Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki.
- Author: Katherine Center
- Speakers: Gen & Jared Padalecki
- Sponsored by: Netflix
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Guidelines:
- Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Texas Book Festival reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
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About the film
Guarding Stars premieres on Netflix on November 18, 2026. 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. Based on the novel The Bodyguard by Katherine Center.
Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and written by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith and Gina Matthews & Grant Scharbo, the film stars Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki alongside Noah LaLonde, Walker Hayes, Toby Sandeman, Rachael Ancheril, Shaun Johnston, Phil Brooks, Ava Max, and Andie MacDowell.
The film is produced by Jared and Genevieve Padalecki’s Living in the Asterisk, and Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo’s Little Engine Productions. Executive Producers are Robin Mulcahy Fisichella, Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, and Katherine Center.
Event venue & nearby stays
State Theatre, 719 Congress Avenue, Austin, United States
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