Netflix deal to end

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/35969847/prince-harry-meghan-netflix-deal-axed/

Netflix deal is over

• Both decided a statement won’t be released “Publicly, there will not be a statement and of course, if things change dramatically, they’d be open to a one-off project down the line.”
• Talk about Paramount plus

It’s been pretty obvious for a while. No talk about the Archewell productions arm, the film they were making etc.

How long can As ever last when they won’t have NF to back it up with WLM infomercials.

As Diana was William's mother too, I think a worsening of the brothers' relationship is more likely than an improvement.

I’d have to question whether Harry is uniquely placed to talk about his mother in any meaningful way, given his age when she died. Or indeed whether there’s enough material. Fascinating as Diana was, I’d struggle to sit through a multi-part series.

I also think that releasing it to coincide with the anniversary of her death is downright macabre. What idiot came up with that?

If it's just under 7 acres ,

I am surprised by that - thats only about 3 football pitches - and the house footprint, patio, pool, garages and driveway must take up one football pitch.

His recent record as a speaker is awful - showing an embarrassing lack of judgement. I’m still cringing at his accusing John Travolta of dining out on his dance with Diana. Ugh…the ill-judged “joke”, the crassness of an ignorant, spoilt younger man being cheeky to an established star who had treated him with courtesy, plus the irony of Harry’s “dining out” on the trauma of his mother’s death to anyone who’ll pay.

The men in grey suits used to write his speeches, didn’t they?

It’s common practice to attach programming like this to anniversaries, I don’t think there’s a problem there. There will be other stuff happening and press coverage so it makes sense to tie in with that. But I do wonder who would be interested in watching a multi episode series about Diana these days.

Didnt he write in Spare that he hasn't got many memories of his mother as he has blocked them out .

And is there anything new to be said? At this distance the only interest would surely be an objective historical assessment, rather than a personal, sentimental hagiography from her son who couldn’t have known much at the time about what was going on (unlike William, who seems to have been burdened with too much on that score).

As is often mentioned on these threads, a really close scrutiny of Diana’s life after her marriage would be bound to show her in a less than perfect light. I’m sure H had no intention of going there, so the result would inevitably be a saccharine ramble through the well-worn cliches. I guess the interest to Netflix, or whoever was producing it would be more unsavoury revelations about Pa and maybe William.

I'm sure he said somewhere that he had very little memory of his mother.

Yep , said he'd blocked it all out. So if he suddenly comes back speaking about all the lovely memories he has , it'll just add to the list of lies .

I really hope Harry doesn’t do a documentary about Diana. That is scrapping the barrel and leaves a bad taste in the mouth. It would be an all time low even for him.

I suppose, Being common practice doesn’t make it any less inappropriate though. I can see why it might happen for long dead historical figures like generals and Heads of State, but the very fact of the tragedy of her death and all that surrounded it makes it (in my view) exactly the wrong time to remember her.

It’s not a period anyone could be proud of.

I agree about the study (not the house though - not my taste!).

I saw a photo of Meghan on her laptop in that study (maybe the 40x40 weird thing that was supposed to happen) and she had her laptop on the desk propped up on a stack of books (so she was the right height on the camera, I imagine). It just looked so temporary I remember thinking that she clearly doesn't actually do much work in there because if it really was a home office, as you say, there'd be second monitor and perhaps a keyboard and a laptop stand and other stuff you accumulate to make everything easier in your working life. She has none of that.

I get what you mean, it’s just a convenient hook to hang programmes on when there will be other things happening to help make a bit of a moment. I used to pitch programme ideas to commissioners and we always started with a list of anniversaries and notable dates. You know that if you don’t get in there with something for the anniversary of Pearl Harbor or Shakespeare’s birth or whatever, others will. It happens all the time, with other tragic events like 9/11 and Lockerbie recently. Even the doc about Last Christmas was 40 years since the song was released. People just seem to like this kind of commemoration.

(I agree it’s a bit weird and contrived though. A lazy way to commission I think. And the amount of times things got turned down because there was an anniversary coming up in 6 years or whatever 🤦‍♀️)

Two reasons...

1. They only incur one set of production costs as opposed to filming two parts of a movie/series separately.

2. On Netflix' end, they get a subscriber boost when a new season/movie airs. So by splitting something into two parts, they'll get a second wave.

He could ever only do a very one-sided documentary anyway, even using other people's memories. He could never investment hate Diana's manipulation of the press, or the public's extremely dim view of her prior to her death, or the sheer bafflement of many at the extreme public reaction to her death. He would have to publicly acknowledge that she wasn't a saint, or regarded as a saint by many, many people. Her death was like social media nowadays, only the people voicing their opinion are visible. Millions upon millions have little or no opinion (or don't believe in speaking ill of the dead).

It's not in good taste for a Diana series when the person producing has a clear emotional bias. I very much doubt Harry would be able to avoid a vindictive narrative. Harry has been open he doesn't believe the inquiries and I'm not sure if it will be only the press he will blame. Even if he was aiming for a positive spin the people providing the money will want dirt. I could not see Charles and Camilla not being dragged especially Camilla.

Per an anon source, “The idea is that it would be a solo project for Harry, who would be a co-executive producer as well as hosting and narrating the series. He is uniquely placed, not only to talk about the woman he knew as his mother, but also to examine her role as an enduring social and cultural icon still beloved by so many.”

As others have said, he has said he doesn't have that many memories of his mother, and to be honest, those that he does have will be very, very selective. At that age we tend to idolize our parents and only see the good in them. Most kids think their parents are the best ever. Its only as we get older, get to know our parents as individuals, recognize and accept their their flaws as well as their good traits that we have a true understanding of their character. The tragedy of Diana's early death was that Harry and William never got that opportunity. They were too young. Harry in particular seems unable to see his mothers full character so he would be to be honest the very worst person to do a balanced documentary about her life.

That's because he only sees his mother in relation to himself, ie it's his loss and his trauma. He really doesn't want to look at her life objectively, because she wasn't a saint, which most people understand, but I suspect he does not.

He also thinks she was “basically murdered”, which is not exactly an objective or balanced opinion 😬

I do agree with you about it being common practice and it’s entirely appropriate if it raises awareness about people and events in a meaningful way. But this seems quite the wrong anniversary to commemorate.

IF indeed it happens - I realise we’re in the realms of wild speculation now as so many of these things come to nothing or were just rumour in the first place.

Quite 🙄

But who would produce it, Thedom?
Clearly Harry hasn't the capability for ... well, anything really ... and while I suppose someone might bitee if there's money to be made, is there reallyy anyone left who's prepared to risk working with him?

Speaking of which, what's happening with BetterUp? I've not heard anything at all about that recentlyy, not even in Harry's silly speeches, and wonder if they're still paying him to promote the thng

My post replying to this is still hidden (😡) so I'll try again.

The deal has always been shrouded in secrecy but the Mirror link I posted suggests a collaboration on leadership and philanthropy (no irony there 😆) and a wellness book from Rachel.

PRH published 'The Bench' so it's always possible it was part of the original deal but none of it is very clear and I suspect it's all been quietly dropped now anyway.

I won't post the link again in case that was part of the issue 😕

1. there was an agreement that there would be 2 seasons but Netflix knew that they weren’t renewing so split season 1 and sold it to them as a double launch of items

Speaking of which, what's happening with BetterUp? I've not heard anything at all about that recentlyy, not even in Harry's silly speeches, and wonder if they're still paying him to promote the thng

He's still on the website, Puzzled but as you say it's all gone pretty quiet.

Maybe their Chief Impact Officer is failing to make an impact as with so much else?