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 3:18 pm
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jo Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Remember the Mccnns being soooo pissed off when metodo 3 said madeleine would be back for Xmas???
Since then,nada, res de res.
I wonder why they are still paying them though….
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Because you never know when you are going to be in desperate need of a diversion.
That and the fact that they apparently have a 6 month contract…
January 9th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Mods and Admin
To all users
Mods and Admin
Hideki was kicked off in Saturday night/Sunday morning, and in public, ever since then there has been nothing but lament about his going about what a good entertaining poster he was, didn’t any of you actually READ his disgusting posts, we had to, and endure comments in his defence too. Even the Google bots read his posts and we were inundated with paedophile sites in the spammer.
AGW kicked him off in the end, and still people complained.
Funny you all call it disgusting now, but entertaining then
January 9th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
620…chenier
So…take out M3 and an even bigger hole appears.
Leaves about £823,629.31…give or take a penny.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
623
jo Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
“In other words, it looks as if there is a large hole in the fund …”
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lets hope gerry kate and pinky fall down it
January 9th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
616 Redrooster
Yes, they said so.
They said that their love was so powerful it was a physical pain which held them together like the grip of a cramp, a love so deep and all pervading that no other human beings could ever comprehend it. They loved so deeply (their beloved child) that they nearly didnt go out for a couple of drinks, some quizzing and a bit of troughing and if they had been specifically told that there were abductors in the world and that one might be hanging around somewhere in Portugal and might even be outside their apartment and able to get up those steep stairs and cross border checking and international co-opearation to assist the parents of abducted children so far behind the uSA, they’d never have left the door open and gone out.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
About freemasonry.
Here in France we are told that there are several branches or obediences, as they are called. Some hate religion, any religion, and will not step into a church, even for a funeral. Usually they are socialists. I have heard that other branches are much more on the right side. Some say that a few members of the R.C. chuch are freemasons (another branch). In the XVIII th century, freemasonry helped counterbalance the influence of the church. It meant free thinking. Yet, Mozart who was a freemason was also a great believer (roman catholic). They are a secret society, but have made an effort to open their doors recently, after a few scandals. They are said to have helped bring a law allowing abortion in France. A student of mine who was a freemason told me that in France freemasons were the first to have studied the dangers of Moslem fundamentalism, by discussing the subject all over the countries in their weekly (I am not sure) meetings. They are concerned by ethics, but are also accused of various things that aren’t so ethical. Their influence is strong, and all the stronger because secret, so nobody is aware of the connections between various people, some rich and powerful either in the political, business, or media sphere.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Remember the Mccnns being soooo pissed off when metodo 3 said madeleine would be back for Xmas???
Since then,nada, res de res.
I wonder why they are still paying them though….
January 9th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
617
Matt. Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
600…chenier
I must be having a bad-eye day….can’t see it.
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It comes directly after
‘A film about the McCanns’ search for their daughter could use a similar format, but only if Mr and Mrs McCann were formally cleared as arguidos, official suspects, in the inquiry. While they remain arguidos they are banned from speaking publicly about the events of May 3 and the police investigation.’
January 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
620
chenier Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Interestingly, the Evening Standard shows that the McCanns have apparently got through £700k.
£300k on M3
£80k on advertising- though allegedly more
£50k on Justine and a communications agency in Britain
Unspecified amounts on travel
Unspecified amounts on the McCanns living expenses
In other words, it looks as if there is a large hole in the fund …
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shall I ask Metodo 3???? Ils ont blanchi le Fund….like so many other things….
January 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
620
chenier Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
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well ain’t that a surprise
January 9th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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brandon flours Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
lone pigeon
I thought you’d been spammed!
i don’t think I was really spammed. my post got through ok. I added to your list. I just had lunch so wasn’t posting for a while.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Interestingly, the Evening Standard shows that the McCanns have apparently got through £700k.
£300k on M3
£80k on advertising- though allegedly more
£50k on Justine and a communications agency in Britain
Unspecified amounts on travel
Unspecified amounts on the McCanns living expenses
In other words, it looks as if there is a large hole in the fund …
January 9th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Can some people stop being such hypocrites? They knew exactly what Hideki was saying as she said it enough times and I don’t remember anyone saying it made them feel ill at the time(although it wouldn’t be surprising if it did!). So why pretend to be so shocked when the Mods write a few words explaining why Hideki was booted out?
I myself do think, however, that the forum is less interesting without Hideki and it is a shame he/she could not be a little more discreet. His/her posts were sinister and frightening, but then so are some of the other theories expounded here. Nevertheless, we must accept that it is not possible to expound theories, without proof, that could prove to be a libel liability for the site.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
615 You might be right!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
600…chenier
I must be having a bad-eye day….can’t see it.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
601
Totje Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
480
Batman […] “Their daughter is NOT the only missing child in the world”
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But she’s the one that’s the most important to them!
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could you show us a shread of evidence that supports your claim totje
January 9th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
605 Ian
“To think they were SUPPORTING the McCanns!”
IMO, the article of Jes’s wife (forgottenher name) was NOT supporting the McCanns. I think it was very damning to them but very cleverly written to appear as support.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
i expect i’d still reluctantly give her one though.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
603
firestar Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
567
jo Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
560
can’t say no Says:
i’ve read that french thing in portuguese somewhere earier.
i think it may be a direct translation of a portuguese paper.
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Dunno.Sounds very french to me but it could be an excellent translation
January 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
paris hilton has webbed feet, according to anorak
January 9th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
610 lol - BARE feet, lol!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
606 Brandon
Me too! But her story was all over the place anyway, too hot for a jacket, too cold for bear feet…very confused.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
lone pigeon
I thought you’d been spammed!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
598
brandon flours Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
firestar
sounds like their “this morning” or GMTV
be nice if it’s on their news at scorchio or whatever the lunchtime news is called.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
594 Fair
Im still waiting for Mods and Admin junejohnson to remove it.
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Mods and Admin
Ian, when did you become a moderator, we do not do as you tell us, got it?
January 9th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I still cant believe Tanner had the cheek to say on returning to her abandoned sick babies that she thought the abductor was a bad parent as the child had no shoes on!!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
601 Totje
If that was the case, Im sure they would have looked after her a little better in the first place.
I was appalled at the person (Jes’s wife the writer) who wrote in support of the McCanns calmly telling us that Gerry was glad he didnt have to have the kids with him at dinner! To think they were SUPPORTING the McCanns!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
phew i’m back
I got all caught up then on a traffic light.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
567
jo Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
560
can’t say no Says:
i’ve read that french thing in portuguese somewhere earier.
i think it may be a direct translation of a portuguese paper.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
590 592 Me neither, shouldnt have been reposted!