HARRY and Meghan’s movie projects and £100million Netflix deal have been left in limbo in a fresh blow for the couple.
Three years ago, Archewell Productions announced they were producing a movie based on the book “Meet Me at the Lake”.
Their first off-camera-only venture for Netflix marked a change in direction away from their personal documentaries into fiction production.
But it still lacks a director and a cast, Page Six reports.
It is a “love story” about a couple who meet in their 30s with echoes of the Duke and Duchess’s real-life relationship.
The novel — which shifted a whopping 37,000 copies in the first week of its release — deals with themes including childhood trauma over losing a parent in a car crash, mental health and post-natal depression.
It also has “steamy sex scenes” and “drug use” and is set near Toronto in Canada — where Meghan lived when she started dating Harry.
Buying the rights to the book was the first major deal the couple have scored since losing their £16million Spotify contract.
It was also the first time Archewell Productions has paid to turn a novel into a fictional drama as part of their Netflix deal.
The new production was stalled because screenwriters in Hollywood have been on strike for more than three months.
It comes after their £100million deal with Netflix was scrapped.
The Sussexes and Netflix mutually decided not to make an official announcement.
But streaming execs have quietly agreed to part ways.
It comes after Harry’s vanity project, Polo, about the sport, was watched by just 500,000 people.
It was also understood that bosses were mildly infuriated by Meghan making her As Ever brand a priority.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is believed to remain on good terms with Meghan.
The source said streamer Paramount+ was thought to be keen to work with the couple, who would be open to it if the right project came along
Five years ago, Harry and Meghan secured the lucrative contract, thought to be worth more than 100 million dollars (£74 million), with Netflix after quitting as senior working royals in 2020.
This included Meghan’s lifestyle show With Love, Meghan.
The show has not been renewed for a third season and “there’s nothing in the works” regarding other projects.
Across eight 33-minute episodes the mum-of-two made cringe jokes, shared recipes with pals, learned from celeb chefs, and crafted handmade gifts.
But harsh viewers left scathing criticism – and the second season didn’t fare much better.
The second season of With Love, Meghan didn’t land in the streamer’s Top 10 shows in the US the week it dropped, as reported by Forbes.
Although, more viewers did tune in to catch her 2025 holiday special – which made the list.
There will also be a short film called “Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within” as part of the deal.
It will look at Uganda’s Masaka region and the HIV/AIDS crisis there.
This has echoes of Harry’s mum Diana’s work, who changed the world’s view about HIV and Aids.
In 1987, Princess Diana opened the UK’s first purpose built HIV/Aids unit at London Middlesex Hospital.
She famously shook the hand of a man suffering with the illness without gloves, publicly challenging the idea that HIV/Aids was passed from person to person by touch.
There is also “active development” on other projects with Netflix which “span a variety of content genres”, including a feature adaptation of the bestselling romantic novel by Carley Fortune, Meet Me At The Lake.
The Sun have approached the Sussexes for comment.
