Meghan Markle Is Making Animated Children’s Sequence for Netflix Pearl

The Duchess of Sussex is incorporating yet a further title to her impressive resume, as she’s now performing on a new animated collection for Netflix. Meghan Markle, who recently turned a ideal-marketing children’s e book author with the release of The Bench, will enable produce and executive make the children’s demonstrate, tentatively titled Pearl, with the streaming large.

The animated series is about the “heroic adventures of a 12-12 months-aged woman who is motivated by influential gals from history,” according to an announcement released by Archewell. Meghan is serving as an govt producer together with David Furnish, Carolyn Coper, Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan. Amanda Rynda is the showrunner and exec producer.

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“Like numerous ladies her age, our heroine Pearl is on a journey of self-discovery as she attempts to get over life’s day by day problems,” Duchess Meghan claimed in a statement. “I’m thrilled that Archewell Productions, partnered with the powerhouse system of Netflix, and these remarkable producers, will jointly carry you this new animated collection, which celebrates amazing girls all over heritage. David Furnish and I have been eager to bring this particular series to mild, and I am delighted we are in a position to announce it today.”

The launch day has not been introduced just still, but Pearl is just the get started of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s do the job with Netflix. Prince Harry and Meghan, who are now living in Montecito just after stepping down from their senior royal roles last year, signed a significant multiyear offer with Netflix past fall, with ideas to generate a vary of content material together with documentaries, characteristic motion pictures, scripted Tv exhibits and children’s programming. Pearl is the 1st animated series from Archewell’s offer with the streamer, reports Range.

“An exciting tale that weaves collectively fantasy and record, ‘Pearl’ focuses on a younger girl who learns to phase into her personal electrical power when she embarks on a heroic journey and meets important women of all ages from history alongside the way. We’re energized to acquire this animated sequence with our associates at Archewell Productions and Story Syndicate,” explained Megan Casey, Netflix’s director of first animation.

This is not the only collection the Sussexes are currently operating on with Netflix, as in April, the streaming giant announced it picked up Heart of Invictus, a docuseries from Archewell led by Prince Harry it’ll follow worldwide rivals on the street to the Invictus Video games in the Hague in 2022.