Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s next Netflix project has been confirmed.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed an estimated $100 million deal with the streaming giant in September 2020.
The five-year deal allows the couple to produce documentaries, docuseries, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programming.
It has since been confirmed that Meghan and Harry’s company Archewell Productions have bought the rights to the novel ‘Meet Me At The Lake’ by Carley Fortune – which is being turned into a movie.
Carley shared the news with her Instagram followers on Monday, writing: “I never thought I’d be making this announcement, but since I am, it feels fitting that I’m doing it from the cottage where it all began.”
“I’m thrilled to confirm that I’m teaming up with Netflix and Archewell productions on the adaption of Meet Me at the Lake. Will and Fern’s love story is dear to my heart, and I can’t imagine a more perfect partnership. Writing this book was a tremendous personal challenge, and to see it recognized in this way is truly incredible.”
‘Meet Me at the Lake’ is about a couple who meet in their 30s, and the book deals with themes close to Meghan and Harry – including childhood trauma, and losing a parent in a car crash.
Prince Harry was just 12-years-old when his mother Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
The book also deals with postpartum struggles, which Meghan opened up about in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
The book is set near Toronto in Canada, where Meghan lived when she first started dating Harry and was starring in Suits.
According to The UK Sun, it could cost Meghan and Harry £3million to produce the film adaptation of the book.
In a statement after signing their deal with Netflix back in 2020, the couple said: “Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope. As new parents, making inspirational family programming is also important to us.”
