Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, are diversifying their film interests into book adaptations. The couple reportedly paid £3 million [$3.8 million] for the rights to the best-selling romance novel by Carley Fortune. The film adaptation is Harry and Meghan’s first major deal since they lost the $20 million Spotify deal.
The couple is also working on several projects from their Netflix partnership, such as the “Live to Lead” series. Harry and Meghan seem to be diverting their film project from their own lives and experiences.
Read on to learn more.
Prince Harry & Meghan To Produce Book Adaptation
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a new film project in the works, and this time it’s a book adaptation. The royal couple has reportedly bought the film rights to the best-selling romance book, “Meet Me At The Lake,” by former journalist Carley Fortune.
The book adaptation is their first non-personal and fictional film project from their Netflix deal. follow Sunthe couple may have paid as much as £3 million [ $3.8 million] for the rights to the novel. The book is a love story about a couple dealing with childhood trauma, the loss of a parent, mental health issues and depression.
The storyline and characters from the novel are reported to be very similar to the Duke and Duchess’s experience together. It also features multiple “steamy sex scenes” and “drug use” and is set in Canada, the same city where Meghan lived when she met Harry.
This Is Their First Major Offer Since Losing Spotify
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The romance film they made from the novel is Harry and Meghan’s biggest deal since they lost their $20 million Spotify deal. It is also the first book adaptation project of the pair’s production company, Archewell Productions.
However, work on the film has been halted due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike, which has lasted for over three months. A source told Sun, “The theme of the book caught the couple’s attention, and it was chosen for their first adaptation with Netflix. This is their biggest and most important as a producer.”
Prince Harry & Meghan’s Netflix project
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Harry and Meghan’s upcoming film is the latest project from their partnership with Netflix. They signed the deal about six months after stepping down as senior royals from the British royal family and moving with their children to California.
Since then, the couple has released hits such as their “Harry & Meghan” documentary. The Duke of Sussex has been working on the documentary “Heart of Invictus”, which covers his annual games for wounded war veterans. It will be released this month before the next game in Dusseldorf in September.
Harry and Meghan are also working on their “Live to Lead” series, which celebrates leading figures and activists around the world. However, they ran into trouble when former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, featured in one episode, publicly distanced herself from the couple and their project.
They Focus More On Fiction And Other Topics
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A source close to Harry and Meghan also revealed Sun that they are no longer working on books or series about their personal lives. They said the pair were more interested in producing scripted fiction and centered around other people and characters, adding, “Their period in life is over.”
The insider explained that Harry and Meghan chose “Meet Me At The Lake” because of the similarities in their relationship. It also helped that the book was a huge success and spent the first two weeks of its release in the top ten of the New York Times Best Sellers list.
The royal duo also relate to some of the issues the book explores, both individually and as a couple. Harry, for example, has revealed that he used drugs for a while, mainly weed, and once tried cocaine. Duke also shared that he has used hallucinogenic drugs several times.
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During a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Harry and Meghan opened up about their battle. Harry described his childhood as “very painful” and said he grew up in a “broken household”. Meghan also opened up about her suicidal thoughts after she gave birth to their son, Archie, and how Harry helped her through it.
The couple have reportedly moved on from their feud with the Royal family. According to the source who spoke People magazineMeghan, seeing the impact of the rift on her husband, Harry, has decided to let the issue go.
The source said, “The situation with [King Charles III] and [Prince William] still very difficult to [Harry]. However, Meghan has always supported him. He used to be negative about it. It seems he has moved on now.”
Harry and Meghan are now more focused on their family and raising their children, Archie and Lilibet.
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