Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce Heart of Invictus as First Netflix Project
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are working on a documentary about the Invictus Games, that he helped launch in 2014, as the couple s first project for the streaming giant. Apr 7, 2021
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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have landed their first Netflix project - a docu-series about the
Invictus Games.
Heart of Invictus , with
Orlando von Einsiedel on board to direct.
The film will follow a group of competitors, who have all suffered life-changing injuries or illnesses while fighting for their country, on their road to the Invictus Games in The Hague in 2022.
It will focus on the Invictus Games, an event meant to create sporting opportunities for injured servicemen and women.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first Netflix series will centre on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Productions announced Tuesday its first series to hit the streaming service. The multi-episode docuseries, titled
Heart of Invictus, is in partnership with the Invictus Games Foundation, of which Prince Harry is a patron.
Prince Harry will appear on camera and serve as executive producer on the series.
Archewell Productions announced plans on Tuesday for Heart of Invictus, a show that follows a group of competitors as they prepare for the sporting tournament, which Harry launched for wounded or injured army personnel in 2014 while he was a working royal.
The series, from Oscar-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel and producer Joanna Natasegara, is expected to be released in spring 2022, and is the result of a partnership between Archewell and the Invictus Games Foundation.
Harry will appear on camera and be an executive producer on the series, which will spotlight competitors as they train for The Hague 2022 Games, and along the way reveal powerful stories of resilience and hope, according to a press release obtained by Insider.
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Prince Harry will appear on camera and serve as executive producer on the series.
In a statement, producers said the series will follow a group of extraordinary competitors from around the globe, all service members who have suffered life-changing injuries or illnesses on their road to the Invictus Games The Hague 2020, now set to take place in 2022.” It is the latest in a flurry of activity for the couple. The couple signed a deal to create content for Netflix and are creating podcasts for Spotify. Prince Harry also has joined the corporate world as a leader with the employee coaching and mental health firm BetterUp Inc. The couple have been detangling their lives from the British roy
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry announce their first Netflix project
The couple s Archewell Productions will produce a docuseries about The Invictus Games
Meghan Markle and
Prince Harry have announced their first project with Netflix which is said to focus on one of their favorite philanthropic endeavors.
In 2014, Prince Harry founded
The Invictus Games, a Paralympics-style competition for wounded service personnel and veterans. On Tuesday, the organization announced that the couple’s Archewell Productions was producing a docuseries for Netflix on highlighting the event.
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The project, which is going by the working title
Heart of Invictus, will follow the journey that participating athletes go through as they prepare for the Invictus Games in The Hague, the Netherlands, which is currently set to take place in 2022.