{"id":161673,"date":"2026-03-12T19:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:29:42","slug":"meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-backed-doc-cookie-queens-lands-at-roadside-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161673\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry-Backed Doc \u2018Cookie Queens\u2019 Lands at Roadside Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCookie Queens<\/a>,\u201d a documentary backed by Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan, Duke and Duchess<\/a> of Sussex, has found a buyer.<\/p>\n

Roadside Attractions<\/a> has acquired U.S. rights to the project, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival. \u201cCookie Queens<\/a>\u201d will also have a presence at SXSW before it opens exclusively in theaters over the summer.<\/p>\n

Directed by Alysa Nahmias<\/a>, \u201cCookie Queens<\/a>\u201d is described as a \u201ccoming-of-age story about the joys, pressures, and tensions woven into one of America\u2019s most cherished rituals: Girl<\/a> Scout Cookie season.\u201d It chronicles the six-week blitz in which Girl Scouts take to the streets to sell Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a former Girl Scout myself, with my mom as my troop leader, I have a personal affinity for this film,\u201d Meghan previously said. \u201cAlysa\u2019s creative point of view, the edgy yet humanizing tone and tenor of the directing, and the glimpse behind-the-scenes into such…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cCookie Queens,\u201d a documentary backed by Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has found a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2633,2634,1214,2635,2555,2558,158,9,24,12,63,122,124,123,2559,2556,1869],"class_list":["post-161673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161673","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=161673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}