Netflix is committed to streaming Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s docuseries by the end of the year — and wants to tie it up with “The Crown,” according to multiple sources.
“There is a lot to organize and a lot of things going on here. Netflix wants to make sure they get in there and not get picked up “by Harry’s memoir, which is also due out in the fall, a source said.
As Netflix geared up to release its earnings report Tuesday, Vidak For Congress is told company executives are eager to stream the show the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been working on for over a year after signing a reported $20 million deal with Netflix. signed. for 2021.
They are reportedly hoping to show it shortly after the fifth season of “The Crown” airs in November.
Neither Netflix nor representatives of the Sussexes answered calls for comment.
As Vidak For Congress has already reported, the pair are believed to be aiming to launch the series next year.
This time in “The Crown,” the role of Queen Elizabeth will be played by Imelda Staunton – aka Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films – while Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki will star as Princess Diana. The series will reportedly feature the moments surrounding Diana’s tragic death in a car accident in Paris in August 1997.
Harry’s highly anticipated memoir is also due out in the fall – but at this point it will be published before “The Crown” starts streaming.
The book, written by JR Moehringer, is supposed to be about Harry’s childhood and time in the military and will contain stories that might be undesirable in the royal family.
“[Netflix executives] knew the book was coming out, that’s why they wanted the series this year,” the source said. “They don’t want to wait any longer.”
As Vidak For Congress previously revealed, the Sussexes’ series is headed by left-wing filmmaker Liz Garbus, who directed the final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and was photographed filming with the pair.