After several failed production attempts, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could have found themselves yet one more Hollywood enterprise.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have purchased the screen rights to the favored romantic recent release “Meet Me on the Lake,” by Carley Fortune, to show it right into a film for Netflix, The Sun reports.
The novel, which spent six weeks on The Recent York Times bestsellers list since its May release, follows a 30-something woman, whose mother dies in a automotive crash, and her ensuing love story.
Per Deadline, the Canada-set novel explores themes of “childhood trauma, including losing a parent in a automotive crash, mental health challenges and post-natal depression.”
The book resembles Harry’s own life — his mother, Princess Diana, died in a Paris automotive crash in 1997. Harry, 38, and Markle, 42, met of their 30s as well, as Markle filmed “Suits” in Canada.
It’s a take care of Penguin Random House that will have cost nearly $4 million, one unidentified source alleged to The Sun.
The potential recent project follows the couple’s 2022 Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” which chronicled their love story and struggles inside the royal family, in addition to the January release of Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare.”
Based on The Sun’s insider, Fortune’s book especially stood out to the pair.
“The themes of the book gripped the couple, and it was chosen for his or her first adaptation with Netflix,” the source said.
The couple signed an estimated $100 million take care of Netflix in 2020, with the agreement reportedly requiring them to provide an array of content, comparable to documentaries, movies, children’s shows, docuseries and more.
But a lot of their ideas have didn’t get off the bottom.
This may increasingly not be the one project they’ve within the works with Netflix — in June, Page Six revealed that Harry is planning to return to Africa for a documentary.
The subject material is unclear.
The couple has endured profession lows in recent months, having been let go from Spotify after signing a $20 million deal in 2020.
Markle’s podcast, “Archetypes,” which boasted interviews with stars including tennis legend Serena Williams and Bravo honcho Andy Cohen, was not renewed for a second season.
It was the one project the couple produced for Spotify during their two-and-a-half-year partnership, except for a one-off holiday episode.
And in June, rumors swirled that Markle would sign a blockbuster take care of Dior — which was quickly denied by a source from the luxurious fashion house.
The Post has reached out to reps for Markle and Harry, in addition to Fortune and Penguin Random House, for comment.
