United Kingdom, Feb. 8 -- A long-awaited nine-hour documentary on Prince has been shelved by Netflix.

Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman the project has reportedly been canned following tensions with the late 'Purple Rain' singer's estate, with it and the streamer confirming in a joint statement on Friday (07.02.25) that they would be moving in a different direction.

It said: "The Prince Estate and Netflix have come to a mutual agreement that will allow the estate to develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince's archive. As a result, the Netflix documentary will not be released."

Filmmaker Ezra, 50, had been working on the project since 2019 after being approached by Netflix. According to...