Netflix drops Meghan Markle’s animated series ‘Pearl’
By Maria Ponnezhath
(Reuters) – Streaming platform Netflix Inc mentioned on Sunday it had determined to cease work on Meghan Markle’s household sequence “Pearl” because it reviewed animated content material.
Dropping a number of tasks, together with Markle’s, was a part of strategic choices on manufacturing of animated sequence, the corporate mentioned in an announcement, with out offering additional particulars on its determination.
Archewell Productions, the corporate fashioned by Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, mentioned final yr that she could be an govt producer of “Pearl”. The sequence was to be centered on the adventures of a 12-year-old lady who’s impressed by influential ladies from historical past.
The couple is formally often known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Archewell didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Netflix additionally determined to not transfer ahead with the 2 animated youngsters’s sequence “Dino Daycare” and “Boons and Curses.”
The choice to cancel these reveals comes after Netflix reported a lack of 200,000 subscribers within the first quarter, falling effectively in need of its forecast of including 2.5 million.
Final yr, Netflix prolonged a deal for animation movies with Comcast subsidiary Common Footage, a transfer that was anticipated to assist Netflix maintain on to little one viewers.
Netflix mentioned on Sunday it might proceed to work on tasks with Archewell, together with the beforehand introduced documentary sequence “Coronary heart of Invictus”. This may concentrate on athletes competing within the Invictus Video games for injured veterans in The Hague in 2022.
Netflix didn’t reply to a question on whether or not it might lower extra animated reveals.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; enhancing by Diane Craft and Bradley Perrett)
