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
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January 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
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lol
January 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Ian, did you ever consider there are paid pro McUsers on this board who are trying to provoke other users in order to get them banned?
Notice they seldom step out of line themselves but are getting on your nerves etc. and hope other posters explode.
I have seen Hideki go downhill with these posters and I miss him/her because, apart from the ranting it was an intelligent poster and a sharp observer.
You and Tony Benett may be under fire, they pick out the intelligent and well spoken posters.
Maybe it’s best to just ignore them and keep on contributing to this board as it is one of the few remaining up to date and in-depth ones.
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Hideki was kicked off with all due ceremony for an unhealthy persistence in posting about simulated ejaculate all over a childs mouth in a photograph
January 9th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
batman
come back soon and see whether our theory is the pjs theory!
x
January 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Tony
You don’t have to be in the Freemasons to look out for your friends. Whistle-blowers are despised in all professions and all professions have cliques.
I used to get away with murder at school because the teachers liked me - at the moment, I’ve got one Professor who hates me and my whole degree’s at risk - that’s reality, and it sucks.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
560
can’t say no Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
http://sosmaddie.dhblogs.be/archive/2008/01/08/londres-demande-plus-de-temps-avant-que-les-mccann-soient-ac.html#comments
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j”ai lu les commentaires…rien de nouveau!!!! French are not stupid at least not all of them….
January 9th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
561 brandon
think we have most bases covered. good to know that successful future fundraising will mean that their fragrances will be able to continue to wallow in the style to which they quickly became accustomed after their elder daughter’s tragedy.
have to go now. have fun, talk soon.
(the Vatican might also be interested in taking a slot and the Italian tourist board - would caution against approaching any Moroccan, Spanish, Arabian, Russian or Bosnian companies though……!! )
January 9th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
563 firestar
Good point indeed!
I never thought of that one, or it may of course simply be that they didnt expect the backlash (which was incredibly fierce yesterday).
Gerry’s blog was a sign that they do keep a good eye on the blogs etc. Definately get the feeling that Anorak is being infiltrated - free speech is being curtailed here too.
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January 9th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Hi brandon flours!
You and lome pigeon still billing and coo-ing?
I notice M&A have acted as contraception to date!
So - no movie. Or so it appears.
I bet they watched that bits of news come out with a great deal of disbelief and fear.
No wonder they have moved to try and deny it today. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Surely now the great british public will sit back and look at this pair of monsters and think about how they have acted since their daughter’s disapperance.
If I were them I think I’d be realy,. really scared about what’s coming next.
The resignations, buried as they were (sorry - pun not intended) on a “today would be a good day ” day will not remain unnoticed for long, particularly if Comical Clarrie or Gormless Gerry open their big mouths yet again.
They seem to be have been able to effectively shut Aunty Philomena up, and Katiepoos has also been gagged - after her clunk click every trip gaffe.
Now what we really need is for one of the Tapas 7 to break ranks. I fancy Diane Webster or Rachel Oldfield as having the most sense. Mrs Webster, who by her very silence has at least kept some dignity in this whole sorry affair, must surely be saying to her daughter that she must think very carefully about her own role in this.
Particularly in view of the blood and DNA evidence.
Also an earlier poster mentioned the picture of Sean sleeping in his father’s arms. The original picture also showed Amelie in the same position being carried by her mother. The twins either have catalepsy or mummy and daddy possibly keep them sedated quite a lot.
Except when a photo opportunity presents itself.
All IMO of course
January 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
was this planned before they ever left the UK bound for Portugal?
used to sound ludicrous at first.
but what with the very early planning to get involved in ‘fighting for children’ or whatever it was they were thinking does make you wonder.
this film thing is just mad though.
obviously it was going to do them no favours.
i’m wondering if, because the tv and paper coverage hasn’t been up to much, if this is a desperate attempt to turn the media against them, so all the old stories come out on tv etc, and they can then say they won’t get a fair trial.
(thats if they’re tried in the uk, which i don’t understand, but even the portuguese papers were saying this).
i doubt if they’d do this if they thought they were getting tried in portugal, as, if they were to claim the same over there they already have all the portuguese papers to blame anyway.
like most things in this case, there seems to be no sense in it.
but i’m sure there is.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Anyone else noticed anything since the Anorak servers entered the UK?
January 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
batman yes
I wonder who would advertise?
double glazing?
January 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
http://sosmaddie.dhblogs.be/archive/2008/01/08/londres-demande-plus-de-temps-avant-que-les-mccann-soient-ac.html#comments
January 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
For those who know French ,read the comments
January 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
555 brandon flours
I think you mean ” to raise (more) money for the mc canns “
January 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
440 rockhopper says (January 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm):
and
re PeterMac
379 rockhopper
re Karen
“Actually they are Christians - they believe in God and the Queen (UK ones do)”
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“Some are Christian, others may have different beliefs, all believe in a supreme being referred to as the ‘Great Architect of the Universe’”
“But when they get to the 21st Degree ( I think it is) they learn the name of the Great Architect, and it ISN’T ‘God’”.
REPLY:
1. It is not possible to be a Bible -believing Christian and a Freemason. The Freemasonic oath is incompatible with a Christian commitment. Some Freemasons have become born-again C hristian believers and have immediately *left* the Freemasons
2. Most Masons do not progresss beyond the 3rd degree
3. The upper echelon Freemasons - the ‘top’ rank is 33rd degree - are often people who exert a great deal of power and influence through their networks and ‘contacts’. Occultic rituals feature more and more as one progresses towards the 33rd degree
4. Most 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree Masons do nothing much wrong - except swear an oath to the ‘Great Architect of the Universe’ - a common occultic euphemism for Satan by the way. But senior police officers, judges, politicians and others often move in Freemasonry circles and many mutual favours are done, often to the detriment of justice
January 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
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To all users
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PLEASE EVERYONE READ, and the guilty just think about it, hard
January 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
logic
no its the adverts in the breaks to raise money for the mc cann documentary
January 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
545…chenier
Can’t find anything which clearly states that McVey retracted that info
though.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Amazon - book section, Oddbins
January 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
542
brandon flours Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
sanitary towels with cadaver linings extra absorbant
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Youll need a truck!!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
530 Cheryl Says: January 9th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Peter: In response to your posting on what I posted last night - here is the total posting I made on that. You seemed to have overlooked why I put that on there. It was in response to reading GM blog, Matt referred to, and seeing where he said Europe is way behind us in finding missing children. I was pointing out my agreement to that and thus posted the below.
Edit….
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And I was just wondering if perhaps Gerry might have enjoyed the idea of him being Europe’s answer to John Walsh.
Also, and in my opinion, Gerry’s concern for the fate of “missing children” is disingenuine and entirely self serving. I can think of nothing more odious than having that man, his wife or any of their associated hangers on as some sort of spokesperson/crusader for children’s rights. Even if Madeleine had been abducted by a stranger(s), and I don’t believe that story, their behaviour since May 3rd makes them ill placed to aspire to such a position, in my opinion.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
matt
no
lol
better be free vouchers
January 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
543 Junejohnson
Interesting.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
507 Brandon
Are you trying to compile a Daily Mirror crossword or something?
January 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
annie123
I was right. It’s American. I have 3 friends in the Church but their parents are Church of Scotland, so I never wanted to ask in case it was a touchy subject. (My own family is mixed, so I know these things can be painful).
January 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
542…brandon flours
Anyone mention “babysitting costs” yet ?
January 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
527
Matt. Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
511…chenier
And the so-called costs to Dr G P’s Fund re M3 is a doubtful one also.
McVey stated clearly that the costs re M3 were being paid for by
Mr B Kennedy, (Double Glazer), until that little expense story seemed
to morph later.
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I recall quite a lot of discussion about that at the time; the implication is that Esther herself may have been told by G&K that Kennedy was footing the bill until he denied it.
I doubt Kennedy would be keen on identification with people as apparently bumbling as Metodo 3.
Either way there’s still a hell of a lot of money to be accounted for…
January 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
530 Cheryl
Fascinating!
You dont think it possible that someone might have studied this expereince and thought…hmmm….mortgage rates going up, wife cracking up, not enough income…irritating daughter (keeps coming in bedroom, is there whilst dining)…
Hmmmm.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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RED CARD
Ian
Is it at all possible for you to post without insulting others, we are all bored with it,and the next post containing any insults to anyone on this site will go into Moderation and remain there indefinitely, and so will any further postings, so you can play unhappily on your own or agreeably out here
January 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
sanitary towels with cadaver linings extra absorbant