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Prince family reality show reportedly in the works
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 2 May 2017
Prince’s estate is working on a new reality TV show, which will follow various family members and tell the story of how their lives have changed since the musician’s death. Also, reckons TMZ, the estate blocked the release of that EP of unreleased Prince music in order to use the songs in the show.
There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of logic to that latter argument. It still seems more likely that, having sold access to Prince’s massive vault of unreleased music to Universal, the estate just wasn’t keen on someone else putting out previously unheard songs independently. But, assuming Universal doesn’t cancel that whole deal, maybe the family did fancy having a few tracks for themselves.
As previously reported, the estate got a temporary injunction against producer Ian Boxhill after he announced that he would be releasing an EP of unreleased music to mark the first anniversary of Prince’s death. It was argued that Boxhill was contravening an agreement he had with the musician by attempting to release the music they had collaborated on together.
Anyway, this reality show. We don’t really know much about it. TMZ reckons it’s in the early stages of development, with a production company on board but no TV network signed up to broadcast it. But given that most of the last year has been taken up by bickering and in-fighting among the various presumed Prince heirs and their business associates, it could make for enjoyable viewing.
