(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 initiatives, together with Markle’s, was a part of strategic selections 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 12 months that she could be an government producer of “Pearl”. The sequence was to be centered on the adventures of a 12-year-old woman who’s impressed by influential girls 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 kids’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 properly in need of its forecast of including 2.5 million.
Final 12 months, Netflix prolonged a deal for animation movies with Comcast subsidiary Common Footage, a transfer that was anticipated to assist Netflix maintain on to baby viewers.
Netflix mentioned on Sunday it might proceed to work on initiatives with Archewell, together with the beforehand introduced documentary sequence “Coronary heart of Invictus”. It will 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
