/ 03 May 2022

Netflix dumps the Duchess

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

That’s a bit dramatic – the streamer has dropped one of Meghan Markle’s shows along with several others… Netflix reported its first drop in subscribers in over a decade last month, and it’s anticipating that it could lose another 2.5 million subscribers in the current quarter. In response, Netflix has cancelled the development of Pearl – an animated series about a young girl inspired by influential women from history that was set to be executive produced by the Duchess of Sussex. It’s not the end for the Netflix/Archewell Productions tie-up – they are working on other projects including a documentary series on the Invictus Games. Other shows getting the axe include comedies Space Force and Pretty Smart, family superhero series Raising Dion and animated kids series Dino Daycare and Boons and Curses.

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