Liam Payne’s forthcoming Netflix series “Building the Band” is reportedly on hold after the singer’s tragic passing.
“Netflix will sit down with Liam’s family when the time is right to speak about the series and when it could be released,” a source told the US Sun on Sunday.
“There is no rush or pressure to release the series. It would simply be a beautiful tribute to Liam and capture him at his best in the months before his death.”
Payne served as a mentor on the UK-based competition series alongside Pussycat Dolls alum Nicole Scherzinger and Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland. Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean was the host.
Filming wrapped up at Manchester’s Aviva Studios in August.
While it’s unclear when the series will be released, “the show has definitely not been shelved,” the source added.
Reps for Netflix weren’t immediately available to Page Six for comment.
Payne died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 16 after falling from a balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel. He was 31.
An eyewitness claimed the “Strip That Down” singer had “passed out” in the hotel lobby shortly before the fatal fall.
A partial autopsy revealed cocaine, crack and benzodiazepine were in Payne’s system when he died.
Scherzinger was one of the last people in contact with Payne before his death, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber said this past week.
“I suppose something that hasn’t been said, and I suppose I could say, is that of course she mentored Liam from One Direction,” Webber told Billboard while discussing Scherzinger’s Broadway debut in “Sunset Blvd.”
“On the Wednesday when he died, she was still texting him that day.”
Scherzinger first met Payne when she was a judge on “The X Factor UK” in 2011.
She was partially responsible for connecting him with his One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan.
The “Don’t Cha” songstress mourned Payne in a heartfelt tribute posted via Instagram on Friday.
“Dear Liam, I will forever cherish and treasure the time we shared together, from fifteen years ago when One Direction was born, right up until just a few weeks ago,” Scherzinger wrote.
“We shared the same love and passion for music and I will forever remember the meaningful and joyful conversations we had,” she added.
Scherzinger also described Payne as a “joy” and “light.”
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