David Boreanaz, the justannounced "Rockford Files" reboot star, first consulted the late James Garner&x27;s daughter Raechal ShewfeltFri, February 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM UTC 0 David Boreanaz in August 2025, and James Garner in a 1974 'The Rockford Files' publicity image VALERIE MACON / AFP/getty; Universal TV/Getty David Boreanaz just won a fan for life. Gigi Garner, the daughter of late actor James Garner, revealed on social media Thursday that she had a conversation with the Angel actor about something intensely personal to her.
David Boreanaz, the just-announced "Rockford Files" reboot star, first consulted the late James Garner's daughter
Raechal ShewfeltFri, February 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM UTC
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David Boreanaz in August 2025, and James Garner in a 1974 'The Rockford Files' publicity image
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David Boreanaz just won a fan for life.
Gigi Garner, the daughter of late actor James Garner, revealed on social media Thursday that she had a conversation with the Angel actor about something intensely personal to her. He wanted to talk with her about his possibly starring in an upcoming reboot of the classic TV series that her father had starred in from 1974 to 1980.
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"So, I recently got a call from David Boreanaz," she posted on X. "He was kind enough to share that he was offered the series & thinking about it. He wanted to know how I felt about the reboot, etc."
He had found an enthusiastic supporter.
"If anybody can do it, HE CAN!" she captioned a photo of a news headline announcing his casting. "I'm [100 percent] on board! It is going to be great! #PureClass #Jimbo."
David Boreanaz will star in 'The Rockford Files' reboot
Garner played gruff private investigator Jim Rockford on all six seasons of the NBC drama. He was nominated for five Emmys for his work and won in 1977.
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Between 1994 and 1999, he also starred in eight movies based on the show.
Garner died in 2014. The veteran of 1950's TV Western Maverick and movies including The Great Escape and The Notebook was 86.
Boreanaz is a familiar face to TV audiences, having starred on series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from 1997 to 2003, from which his character of Angel had a spinoff from 1999 to 2004. He also starred alongside Emily Deschanel in crime drama Bones, which ended in 2017, for 12 seasons.
He's looking very forward to stepping into Garner's role.
On Thursday, he shared the story about his casting and captioned it, "Grateful. Thank you James, GiGi and NBC."
The new Rockford Files is being touted as "a contemporary update on the classic series of the same name," per Variety. "Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn't commit, James Rockford returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn't take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime."
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Published: February 13, 2026 at 08:36AM on Source: MANUEL MAG
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