Dearly beloved, an eagerly-anticipated documentary about Prince has been canceled. Netflix, which had planned to stream the Ezra Edelman directed project, released a statement Thursday, along with the estate for the late singer,

Netflix will no longer release a nine-hour documentary about Prince after years of production. The late singer's estate will develop its own film.

Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman, the project was in the works for five years before its recent cancellation.