Netflix announced on Thursday evening that it no longer intends to release Ezra Edelman’s nine-hour docuseries about the life of musical legend Prince—a project that has been described as a “cursed masterpiece” after it took the O.

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

A Prince documentary in development at Netflix for five years has been canceled after the streamer struck a deal with his estate.

The six-part Prince documentary is officially dead at Netflix. The streamer will no longer be releasing the Ezra Edelman project, according to multiple media reports. Instead, the estate will move forward on making a new documentary about the late legend.

Ezra Edelman’s nine-hour film about Prince’s life and career has been blocked from release by Netflix and The Prince Estate amid new documentary project.

A New York Times report last year alleged that the unreleased documentary accused the late musician of physical and emotional abuse.

A controversial Prince documentary has officially been shelved. Director Ezra Edelman has been developing the six-hour film over the last four years but the project has now been halted, freeing “the vault” to be used in other ways.

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 has canceled the release of a six-part docuseries about Prince amid a deal with the late musician's estate.

Netflix has canceled the release of what was supposed to be a six-part Prince documentary directed by Ezra Edelman. “The Prince Estate and Netflix have come to a mutual agreement that will allow the estate to develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince’s archive,

Prince’s estate and Netflix have come to a “mutual agreement” and will no longer be releasing the film. Netflix has