Austin Film Festival: Bob Saget's Film Premiere

Bob Saget’s final film will premiere at the Austin Film Festival

The movie, set to premiere later this month at the Austin Film Festival, stars Saget in what turned out to be his final starring role in a film.

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The actor and comedian died January at the age of 65.

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“Bob’s passing came as a shock to the entire ‘Daniel’s Gotta Die’ team.

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He was a collaborator through and through and he really loved this film,” Jeremy LaLonde, the film’s director, said in a statement.

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“It’s with great sadness that he never got to see it finished.

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I can’t wait to see how audiences react to his final performance at Austin Film Festival with his final gift to all that loved him.”

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Matthew Dressel, a writer on the film, said Saget brought his heart to the project.

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