Prince Estate And Netflix Resolved Disputes Reached Agreement For Documentary

The Prince documentary and Netflix, which was widely reported to have stalled due to disagreements between Netflix, director Ezra Edelman, and the Prince Estate over factual content in the production.  Yesterday, Netflix and the Prince Estate ended this speculation through the following joint statement The Prince documentary has been under development for many years.  Following the death of Prince Rogers Nelson in 2016, his estate was managed for many years by Comerica Bank & Trust, which sought to monetize Prince’s considerable assets in order to pay off the Estate’s expenses while his estate wound its way through the probate court.  As part of these efforts, Comerica entered into an agreement with Netflix, on behalf of the Estate, to produce a documentary series on Prince’s life, which was first reported on in 2018.  Netflix was given extensive access to Prince’s archives to produce the documentary. Netflix and the Estate have resolved their disputes and that the parties are, respectively, moving on from this troubled project.  While the Estate will be pushing ahead with a definitive Prince documentary, it will be doing so with another collaborative partner, and not Netflix.

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