{"id":161552,"date":"2026-03-12T17:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161552\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:15:34","slug":"meghan-markle-prince-harry-cookie-queens-acquired-by-roadside-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161552\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle & Prince Harry ‘Cookie Queens’ Acquired by Roadside Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt won\u2019t be Thin Mints or Somoas for Roadside Attractions, rather the distrib is taking all U.S. rights to\u00a0the Duchess and Duke of Sussex executive produced documentary, Cookie Queens<\/a> which world premiered at Sundance. A summer theatrical release is in the works. <\/p>\n

\n\tDirected and produced by Alysa Nahmias (Unfinished Spaces,\u00a0Art & Krimes by Krimes,\u00a0Wildcat), the pic follows a group of parents and their daughters as they navigate through the competitive Girl Scout Cookie season. <\/p>\n

\n\tCookie Queens was produced by award-winning filmmakers Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw of Beautiful Stories (Gaucho Gaucho, The Truffle Hunters, The Last Race), Alysa Nahmias for AJNA Films, and Jennifer Sims.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCookie Queens\u00a0shines a light on an iconic American tradition that millions of people recognize but rarely stop to consider,\u201d said Roadside Co-Presidents Eric d\u2019Arbeloff and Howard Cohen. \u201cAlysa\u2019s funny and deeply affecting portrait of these girls and their families had Sundance audiences cheering and stayed with us long after the credits rolled. We\u2019re excited to share it with a broad audience in theaters soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGirl Scout Cookies are more than a beloved tradition \u2013 they\u2019re a big business where talented and hard-working girls generate $800 million in annual sales. For me, this became a fascinating lens to explore a story about girlhood \u2014 the ambition, resilience, humor, and vulnerability that emerge as these girls navigate growing up in\u00a0a world shaped by the tensions between community and capitalism.\u201d said director Nahmias. \u201cAfter the incredible response at Sundance, I\u2019m honored to partner with Roadside Attractions, whose commitment to theatrical storytelling makes them the perfect home to bring this film to audiences nationwide\u201d<\/p>\n

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, previously shared \u201cAs a former Girl Scout myself, with my mom as my troop leader, I have a personal affinity for this film and am proud that Archewell Productions has partnered with this award-winning team to executive produce this incredibly captivating film.\u201d She added, \u201cAlysa\u2019s creative point of view, the edgy yet humanizing tone and tenor of the directing, and the glimpse behind-the-scenes into such a nostalgic and also modern tradition of Girl Scout Cookie season are absolutely irresistible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCookie Queens is a Beautiful Stories & AJNA Films Production in association with Archewell Productions, Artemis Rising Foundation and Good Gravy Films. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; Chanel Pysnik; Regina K. Scully; Hallee Adelman; Ann Lewnes; Stephen G. Hall; Ruth Ann Harnisch; Geralyn Dreyfous; Tegan Acton; Emma Pompetti; James Costa; Trevor Burgess; Sheri Sobrato; Jamie Wolf; Nathalie Seaver; Andrea van Beuren; Jennifer Pelling; Melony & Adam Lewis; and Heather Kahlert serve as Executive Producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tRoadside Attractions\u2019 track record with docs includes the Academy Award-nominated\u00a0Super Size Me\u00a0and the Academy Award-winning\u00a0The Cove. Other notable Roadside docs include\u00a0The September Issue,\u00a0Project Nim, Sarah Polley\u2019s award-winning\u00a0Stories We Tell, Whitney, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for it,\u00a0 the Oscar shortlisted documentary Beyond Utopia and the critically acclaimed\u00a0The Alpinist, establishing Roadside as a trusted home for visionary documentary filmmakers.\u00a0 Most recently the company released \u00a098th Oscar Nominated Shorts, presented by Oscar winner Taika Waititi, exclusively in theaters in the U.S. and Canada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It won\u2019t be Thin Mints or Somoas for Roadside Attractions, rather the distrib is taking all U.S. rights…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[35324,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-161552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-cookie-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}