Madeleine McCann: Not A Film, A Book And The McCanns Making Money
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “Madeleine’s parents planning Hollywood blockbuster movie”
“Kate and Gerry sparked outrage after it was revealed they have held negotiations with leading producers over the movie rights. The couple – who are prime suspects in the case – are also considering book and TV deals in a package worth an estimated £10million”
A book? Like the Daily Express book? That sick..?
Kate McCann: Michelle Pfeiffer
Gerry McCann: James Caan
Madeleine McCann: Macaulay Culkin
And what of this £10million, and the money earned from any film? “The windfall would help finance the search for Madeleine after concerns were raised that a special fund set up by the family was in crisis”
Page 5: The Find Madeleine fund is down to its last £400,000. More money is needed. So why the “outrage”?
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “We need money to search for Madeleine and that is the most important thing. Nothing has been decided yet. A film would be made on a percentage basis, with part of the profits going to the fund. None of the money would go to Kate and Gerry. They are not trying in any way to profit out of her name’’
And how many films ever make a profit? It would be a film, perhaps, like that about 15-year-old Amy Smart, abducted in the US and found eight months later. “Several movies were made about her while she was missing including The Amy Smart Story”
The “WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER” does not say if the Amy Smart story made any money. But it does trawl the web and see blog comments like:
“Angry” Pamela Blears, from Oldham, posts: “From the day little Madeleine disappeared I have felt sympathy and compassion for the McCanns but this beggers belief. How can they think about making a film out of the tragedy when the poor child hasn’t even been found yet? How low can you get?”
The Daily Express costs “ONLY 40p”
“McCANNS FEAR CHARGES SOON” – “A source close to the family” tells us: “Kate and Gerry insist they are innocent but they fear they will be charged. Naturally Kate and Gerry are concerned that if this line of inquiry continues to its natural conclusion, charges are always a possibility and they know that’s entirely wrong”
He added: “The Portuguese police seem to be blinkered in their approach and it feels like they want to find the McCanns guilty regardless.”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE: THE £10M MOVIE – Skint parent to sell film rights”
Skint? The Find Madeleine Fund is dwindling, down to its last “£200,000”. But Gerry McCann is going back to work. He is, as the tabloids never tire to telling us, “a heart consultant”. She is a “GP”
Says the Star: “The couple – who are prime suspects – are in negotiations with the world’s biggest talent and entertainment agency IMG”
IMG – International Management Group– has produced the films Touching the Void, Assault on Waco, Seconds from Disaster, I Shouldn’t be Alive and Kevin and Perry Go Large. Naomi Campbell is on the books
Any film would be an “observational documentary following the on-going search for Madeleine,” says IMG
Pages 4 and5: “Thousands blast ‘sick’ plan”
A poll: “WOULD YOU GO AND WATCH MADDIE: THE MOVIE?” Yes? No? Or I’ve already seen tonight With Trevor McDonald, thanks?
“Ester out in crisis” – TV presenter Esther McVey has resigned her post as a director of the Find Madeleine fund
DAILY MAIL front page: “MADDIE’S PARENTS PLAN £2M FILM DEAL”
“Kate and Gerry McCann could make £2million from a film deal over the story of their daughter’s disappearance, it has been claimed”
Not £10m? Such are the perils of showbiz?
Says the paper: “So far the McCanns, both 39, have turned down offers from big-name chat shows and television dramas as they were anxious to avoid being seen as celebrities”
But we watching the parents. So why not make profit, if it will help?
“Disgraced banker Nick Leeson earned a reported £450,000 when he sold the rights to his autobiography, Rogue Trader. Offers to Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch were said to have topped £1million”
And: “But Gerry McCann was quick to deny the story”
COMMENT: “Maddie the movie: One step too far – Ever since their daughter Madeleine disappeared, Kate and Gerry McCann have ridden a wave of public sympathy. True, there are some (including the Portuguese police) who have aired deeply hurtful suspicions about the couple since that terrible evening in May. But the overwhelming public mood - particularly among parents of young children - has been one of compassion. Today, however, the McCanns risk losing much of that goodwill. Incredibly, it emerges that they are discussing a possible multi-million pound deal to turn Madeleine’s disappearance into a film. To be blunt, isn’t this pushing the boundaries of taste too far?”
But it is already the subject of a media circus. So why not a DVD – we’ve had the T-shirt, the song, the billboards and the trailers..?
ALISON PEARSON writes in her column: “What CAN Kate and Gerry be thinking? Critics who have never forgiven Gerry and Kate for leaving their kids alone in their holiday apartment will be confirmed in their view that the couple have truly terrible judgment. They will be accused of bad taste; of lacking respect for Madeleine’s memory. Kate will be charged with wanting to swan down the red carpet, even though in this case it is sorrow, not vanity, that has reduced her to a Hollywood Size Zero”
How did it become a story about Kate McCann’s looks?
DAILY MIRROR front page: “Maddy THE Movie”
The McCanns also met with ITV about making a documentary. Maddy A Movie…
THE SUN front page: “Maddie hunt ‘to be film’”
Page 9: “ They pary that movie will help find Maddie”
Gerry McCann is a “cardiac specialist”. The McCanns are “doctors”
“IS THIS THE RIGHT DECISION?”
“YES,” says Lorraine Kelly, GMTV presenter.
“NO,” says the Sun’s Jon ‘Guanty’ Gaunt - “I guess the title of the McCann’s proposed film has to be Home Alone”. Or not…
THE GUARDIAN: “McCanns deny reports of Madeleine film”
Writes Gerry McCann on his blog: “We can categorically deny that we are considering a movie about Madeleine’s disappearance. This is simply untrue. We are approached by a huge number of media outlets regarding a myriad of projects, only a tiny proportion of which we agree to. Each proposal is considered on whether it is likely to have a positive effect, either directly or indirectly, on the search for Madeleine”
ON the Guardian website: “Madeleine’s parents consider film - The parents of Madeleine McCann are considering giving the go-ahead to a film about their missing daughter following an approach by a major entertainment firm”
THE TIMES page 3: “Parents may turn Madeleine McCann story into a Hollywood movie”
“On-screen child horror stories:
A Cry In The Dark
Gone Baby Gone
Honour Thy Father And Mother: the True story of the Menendez Brothers
Menenedez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, 1994
The Amityville Horror series
Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure”
Says Clarence Mitchell: The media are making money out of the situation themselves and we feel it is only fair and right that some aspect of that should come to the fund to help find Madeleine”
DAILY TELGRAPH: “McCanns in talks to make a film about AMdldine’s disappearance”
“Do you think a Madeleine film should be made”
Well, we;’ve had the sop opera, and who wants to watch EastEnders: The Movie?
THE SCOTSMAN: “McCanns eye Madeleine film”
BOSTON HERALD: “Missing Madeleine story could become feature film”
The speculation, media hype and sensation so far
Posted: 9th, January 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,585) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
- Anorak on Jamie Cullum Sings The Pursuit, In Pictures
- Desperate Dan on Jamie Cullum Sings The Pursuit, In Pictures
- June on Wikileaks Publishes 500,000 9/11 FBI And NYPD Pager Messages, Conspiracy Theorists Read On
- June on Chilcot Inquiry Into Iraq War: Day 2 In Pictures
- percy stilton on Susan Boyle Weeps As The Press Set About Destroying Her
January 9th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
1303
Chloe Spain Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
This forum is really not worth reading at the moment. Sorry, folks, it’s just getting to be a waste of time.
***********
I echo that sentiment. There are too many posters rivalling each other to pop up on alternate postings, whether they have anything to say or not.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
evenin’ all
there’s a much better thread now and arsey garthey’s not posting…
see yas there
hic
January 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Well there you go. From what I have been led to believe he asked someone from MW to make the phone call. And by the way, I searched in my house,the garden, the neighbours and I evetually got in my car to look for her. It was a good 30 mins+ before I contacted the police. Why? Because I felt I would find her. When, and after that time it was apparent that I wasnt going to , i decided to phone the police. And in Gerrys case, he would have felt the same. Kate, hysterical and claiming she’s been taken. With the amount of checks the friends were purported to have taken this potential kidnapper couldnt have gone too far. I think everyone was franticly searching for her.The 40 mins iant as insignicant as you would like to believe. If of course, the 40 mins is even accurate.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Lekker slaap Totje
January 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
1345 Julie, no you’re not wrong, it’s just another contradiction…..
January 9th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
1343
Totje Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Chenier/Tony Bennet
Re CRG :
http://www.Controlrisks com/Default.aspx?page=307 and
“becoming the first company to provide advice to clients involved in kidnap situations. The company began with the hiring of three SAS officers” quote from Sourcewatch
——————————————–
Yes, I know. I’m just not sure of the point you are making…
January 9th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Catkidd
Are you still around? Noticed your post from a few hours ago, been out at a meeting tonight. Will answer your question if you’re still here , no point if you’re not. Will chat/debate tomorrow , was not ignoring you.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Thanks Rooster … and sweet dreams to you too
Totje, if I’m wrong with the timing of the call, I will humbly apologise. Will do a bit of hunting tomorrow to find out if I can see a report that gives the time you state from the early days! G’nite to you too!
And G’nite to all who are still here
Be kind, and don’t fight too much “lol”
January 9th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Nite nite Julie. Slaap lekker en maak je niet boos
January 9th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Chenier/Tony Bennet
Re CRG :
http://www.Controlrisks com/Default.aspx?page=307 and
“becoming the first company to provide advice to clients involved in kidnap situations. The company began with the hiring of three SAS officers” quote from Sourcewatch
January 9th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
1340
Julie Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Garth/Red Rooster,
I really have to go to bed now.. It’s past midnight here, and I have to go to work tomorrow. I’m not “chickening” out (sorry Rooster), but I have to get up really early, have a long way to travel to work each day. Could I ask that we continue this debate on my 9 questions tomorrow evening? (With the utmost politeness of course)
………………………………
thats fine by me….nite nite and sweet dreams julie
January 9th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
1338
Julie,
Don’t want to interfere you’re interesting conversation with Garth.
However in the early days it was reported the police was called ad 22.10 hrs.
Later that was reported as 22.40 hrs. [Many complaints also published about the slow reaction of the police].
MW had a script in case a child got missing. It was [as we be believe the papers] applied immediately. Do we know if the script says first do this, then do that, then call the police?
No need to answer, just food for thought.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Garth/Red Rooster,
I really have to go to bed now.. It’s past midnight here, and I have to go to work tomorrow. I’m not “chickening” out (sorry Rooster), but I have to get up really early, have a long way to travel to work each day. Could I ask that we continue this debate on my 9 questions tomorrow evening? (With the utmost politeness of course)
January 9th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Door opens, blast of cold air…woooosh
I wonder what the headlines will be tomorow. There are so many possibilities
CM stories
CM admits children where left alone everynight
Send your money in an envelope funds are low
What else?….
GM
No Madie movie says Gerry
What else?
GM & KM
Madeleine’s Blood it’s conclusive
PJ have enough to charge the McCann’s
Reinterviews to be fast-tracked (Eurojust)
Scotland Yard on the Maddie case
What else?
January 9th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Garth,
I understand what you’re saying. However, the reporting that has been in all the media is that the first phone call made to the police was 40 minutes after Kate found that Madeleine had “gone”. This call was made from the reception at the resort. I have read NO reports that contradict this? Have you?
Your first instinct was to call someone who was “supposed to help you”! My first instinct when I found my child missing was to call someone in “authority?”. Numerous media reports have stated that Kate “knew” Madeleine had been abducted? Why then wait so long to get professional help? YOU called the police because you wanted action, SO DID I, why then, would Gerry ask someone else to do it for him? (This is the first time I’ve heard that he’d asked someone to do it? I heard that reception phoned out of their own?)
January 9th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
My photo analysis of the day
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
In the image posted on Anorak today (shown above) you will see that Kate has lost the “silent scream hunch” described by journalist ODonnell from May 3.
Kate is tanned, strong, firm and fit. Her lips are set in an firm line indicating her personal resolve and offense at having been named arguido. Yet she is partially hiding herself behind Gerry. In those days she had that peculiar express where she almost seems about to burst out laughing which makes me speculate about drug use.
VERY INTERESTING . Gerry’s eyes are reddened! He did not take the news of being an arguido quite as easily as Kate. He is going to face his family for the first time on home turf and he feel horrible about what happened. I think at this point, as he is leaving the plane, is his moment of ultimate choice. Everyone knows he has decided to stick by Kate’s side.
BUT HIS EYES in this phot say: “She did it! Not me!”
January 9th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
1335
Garth Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
1333
RedRooster Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
————————————-
You believe what you want. But bollocks it maybe, and of course you are going to tell me why its bollox - for a bleedin change
………………………………
ok garthy lets beg to differ
move on then point no 2???
January 9th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
1333
RedRooster Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
————————————-
You believe what you want. But bollocks it maybe, and of course you are going to tell me why its bollox - for a bleedin change.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
1333
RedRooster Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
…………………………
sorry mate got a touch of the garths for a moment
January 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
1332
Garth Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
……………………..
bollocks garthy
January 9th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
1331
RedRooster Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
————————————-
Except or accept? As bad as my assertion.
RR - i dont believe it, but if ture then maybe by that time they had already stated that the call had been made.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
1328
Garth Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
……………………
so why did they not except the offer from the woman upstairs to phone the police garthy???
January 9th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
1327 Julie Says: January 9th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
1325 Garth Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
***********************
Please stop hitting the “submit comment” button before you’re finished
++++++++++++++
Maybe he’s typing single handed? Wrong hand at that!
January 9th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
1323 Sledgehammer Says: January 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Peter O, edit….. There are lots of links but as far as I can see for us joe public, none of any validity. Blame lies at the door of the prosecutor, Amaral had valid grounds to arrest KM and he requested that freedom, the prosecutor refused and the rest is history, and I believe will remain so.
+++++++++++++++
Then we hold vastly different opinions and I hope you are proven very wrong in time.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
…….phone the police
(fingers too big) they then wanted to know my name, where I lived, my bleeding shoe size etc etc. I h ad to give the phone to someone esle because for me, the police were wasting my chance of finding my daughter. I did find her however. She had wondered off donw the road with a friend. She was six. However, the police didnt turn up for 45 mins.
The point im making is that Im sure Gerry was the same, although he had asked someone else to make the phone call.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
1325
Garth Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
***********************
Please stop hitting the “submit comment” button before you’re finished
January 9th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
1307
Melanie Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
wonder if the meeting of the clan and the fund dictators has been bugged? Anyone know where the meeting is being held - bet its not the same hotel as the last one - that would be leaving themselves wide open to sneaky folk wanting to make a quick buck. Even the Palace of Rothley wouldnt be beyond having to odd bit of equipment draped through the letterbox - NO stop Melanie, your imagination is running wild
***
But of course the Tapas are bugged–from both sides!
Those PI firms have to be getting paid for something, right?
Ears like lynx.
Lawyers are not apt to be bugged. PR firms, maybe–but my guess is that Clarr only hears what Clarr wants to hear, and doesn’t allow speculative talks on his phone lines.
Clarr is covering for something with the film talks. He’s causing a distraction from legal matters at hand.
Chances are what they are really discussing is how to get back in control of the case. $$$ for expert witnesses to squash the DNA tests–how are they going to fund that? Blood spatters with matching DNA will be admitted to evidence by the police and may stand along with circumstantial evidence and sworn statements.
A third arguido could be named in order to pressure the group to disclose the location of M.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Yes, my opinion - not fact.
The first point is that the 40 minutes might not be quite as accurate as has been suggested. We dont know for sure. But anyway, lets take it as gospel.
Gerry returned to the apartment to find Kate absolutely frantic. She has already claiming she’s been taken. What does he do? He obviously runs outside and looks for her. By the time he realises the seriousness of an abduction he then tells one of the MW staff to phone the police which they did.
My daughter went missing once out of our garden. I panicked and searched everywhere. She wasnt in the immediate vicinity. After looking frantically I
January 9th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
1322
good luck
RedRooster Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
sorry just trying to help - the floor is yours my dear
************************
Eh, don’t get me wrong, I don’t want you to butt out at all … by all means, give your input!
January 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Peter O, thanks for the reply appreciated, I wont ask you for any links as I don’t on here ask a question that I don’t know the answer to. There are lots of links but as far as I can see for us joe public, none of any validity. Blame lies at the door of the prosecutor, Amaral had valid grounds to arrest KM and he requested that freedom, the prosecutor refused and the rest is history, and I believe will remain so.