Former teen drama show stars Jared Padalecki (Gilmore Girls) and Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) have reportedly entered negotiations to portray the leading roles in Netflix‘s untitled romance movie. Production on the untitled project is expected to begin this December in Calgary, Alberta. At the moment, it has no director, writer, or release date attached to it yet.
What is Jared Padalecki and Leighton Meester’s Netflix movie about?
According to Nexus Point News, the movie will be based on author Katherine Center’s 2022 novel The Bodyguard. Meester will play “a bodyguard assigned to protect a famous movie star (Padalecki). To maintain his cover, she must pose as his girlfriend while spending the holidays at his family’s ranch in Montana — where chaos inevitably ensues.”
Should the deal push through, this would mark the Supernatural alum’s first original movie with the streamer, after briefly reprising his role as Dean in 2016’s Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life miniseries. Meanwhile, Meester has already worked with Netflix in the 2022 thriller movie The Weekend Away. She also recently joined the cast of Nobody Wants This Season 2, which is led by Meester’s husband, Adam Brody, and Kristen Bell. Just like Padalecki and Meester, Brody and Bell also appeared in popular coming-of-age shows The O.C. and Veronica Mars, respectively.
Padalecki appeared in last year’s Fire Country series for a guest-starring role as Camden. He will next be seen in the final season of The Boys, reuniting him with Supernatural co-stars Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins. As for Meester, besides appearing in Nobody Wants This Season 2, she will also star in Rachel Sennott’s upcoming HBO comedy series I Love LA.
(Source: Nexus Point News)
