{"id":161611,"date":"2026-03-12T18:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161611\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:35:40","slug":"harry-meghan-backed-cookie-queens-coming-to-theaters-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161611\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry, Meghan-backed ‘Cookie Queens’ coming to theaters this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 12 (UPI) — Roadside Attractions announced Thursday that it has acquired the rights to the documentary Cookie Queens. Roadside will release the film theatrically this Summer.<\/p>\n

Cookie Queens premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where UPI praised its depiction<\/a> of young Girl Scouts’ business acumen and family struggles. Director Alysa Nahmias followed Scouts ages 5 to teenagers.<\/p>\n

Meghan and Harry, Duchess and Duke of Sussex are executive producers. Meghan said in a statement, “As a former Girl Scout myself, with my mom as my troop leader, I have a personal affinity for this film.”<\/p>\n

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The film received standing ovations at its Sundance screenings. Nahmias noted that while a beloved traditions, cookie sales generate $800 million annually for Girl Scouts of America.<\/p>\n

“This became a fascinating lens to explore a story about girlhood — the ambition, resilience, humor and vulnerability that emerge as these girls navigate growing up in a world shaped by the tensions between community and capitalism,” Nahmias said.<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, seen cheering the Los Angeles Dodgers in October in Los Angeles, executive produced “Cookie Queens.” File Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 12 (UPI) — Roadside Attractions announced Thursday that it has acquired the rights to the documentary Cookie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[35323,35324,17432,7482,3359,9,24,63,122,124,123,66647,35325],"class_list":["post-161611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-alysa-nahmias","tag-cookie-queens","tag-girl-scouts","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-meghan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-roadside-attractions","tag-sundance-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161611","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=161611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}