After the touchy interview with Oprah on CBS, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are currently focusing on their first project on Netflix, named Heart of Invictus. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed the deal with the streaming giant last September after moving to California through their Archewell Productions. The project is a docuseries based on the Invictus Games, the global adaptive sports competition, which is a tournament for wounded veterans Harry established in 2014.
About Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix docuseries Heart of Invictus
According to CBS, Heart of Invictus will follow a gathering of Invictus Games competitors in which all the service individuals who have endured groundbreaking wounds or sicknesses will prepare for the games which will be held in 2022 in the Netherlands, according to the announcement made by Invictus Foundation on Tuesday. The docuseries will be directed and produced by the Oscar-winning couple of the 2016 documentary The White Helmets, director Orlando von Einsiedel, and producer Joanna Natasegara. Prince Harry won’t just fill in as an executive producer however will also appear on the camera.
In the same article, it was revealed that Prince Harry told in a statement that since he saw the absolute first Invictus Games back in 2014, he realized that each competitor would contribute in their own exceptional way to a mosaic of resilience, determination, and resolve. He added the arrangement will give communities around the world a window into the moving and elevating accounts of these competitors on their path to the Netherlands one year from now. He said as Archewell Productions’ signed the main arrangement with Netflix, in partnership with the Invictus Games Foundation, he could not be more excited for the excursion ahead and was glad for the Invictus community for continuously moving global healing, human potential, and their continued service.
The Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer of Netflix Ted Sarandon said in the same article that Archwell Productions was building an “ambitious” slate that reflected on the values and causes they held dear. He said in the statement that it had been clear since the time they met them that the Invictus Games held an extremely special place in their hearts and he could not be happier that their first arrangement for Netflix will showcase that for the world in a way which was never seen. Heart of Invictus project will also give subsidizing to the Invictus Games Foundation and the organization will fill in as an executive producer.