Harry and Meghan Producing No Way Out Film for Netflix

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are producing a feature film adaptation of the memoir "No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege" for Netflix, according to Netflix representatives. The project, developed through their Archewell Productions, recounts a British military unit's defense of a district center in Musa Qala, Helmand province, Afghanistan, in July 2006.

The book, written by Major Adam Jowett and published in 2019, details his command of Easy Company, a combined unit of paratroopers from the Paras and soldiers from the Royal Irish Rangers. The hastily assembled group, outnumbered and cut off in a ramshackle compound, faced repeated Taliban attacks during intense fighting in the opium-growing Taliban stronghold. War reporter Martin Bell described the account as "vivid and brilliantly written, a pulsating account of the battle for Musa Qala."

Archewell's scripted content head, Tracy Ryerson, is producing alongside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Matt Charman, who wrote "Bridge of Spies," is adapting the book. The effort aligns with Prince Harry's decade-long military service in the British Army, where he completed two combat tours in...