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 4:34 pm
694
chenier,
I think Matt understood which firm I meant. I’m sooo really bad in remembering names [still blaming my father for that!]. I meant that company that was started by a former sas or something like that [MI5/6/7/8/9?] man. You’re teasing me?
January 9th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
747…SC45
Maybe that’s just a decoy story to elude the McCann’s scrutiny and
Clarrie’s threats. The real one might be different. If ever.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
728
Decidedly dodgy if O’Brian suddenly remembers 8 months on that he too (alledgedly) saw ”bundleman”.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
743
mk
Problems ??
January 9th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
736…Totje
but….”we were naive”….seems to be a chronic feature in their personality.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
685
Fair [...] “Should be something that is haunting the Mc’s don’t you think??”
I think we think alike. Although our conclusions might differ, but that’s not important as long as we respect eachothers opinion.
And yes it should be haunting them, no matter if they are innocent in her disappearance or not. That would explain to me their becoming “devout Catholics” in stead of non-practising Catholics [I do hope I make myself clear, not sure that last part is how you native english speakers call it].
January 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Matt
Sorry I missed it before.
I’d agree. It would provide them with much merriment.
I was surprised by what the Express said though. I was led to believe (from here, I think) that the change of statement was something totally diffferent.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
590
Mods and admin
To be honest, I skip most of the real bickering because I don’t want to be sucked into it for the reason I mentioned above.
So I did not read those repulsive remarks.
Before this , I thought Hideki was a good poster.
I remember the p.subject being brought in, it was talked about and a poster( cannot remember who) got all worked up with holy indignation about the fragrant couple not being capable of this.
Hideki went berserk , kept mentioning it over and over.
But I felt some pro McConns were adding fuel to the flames in a subtle way.
Do you think it is possibe HTFM is operating in this way?
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Mods and Admin
there are definitely ‘plants’ or ‘trolls’ here as well as genuine posters;sadly we think H was a genuine paedo and would have been outed at some point. Also he did have some other social problems where he wouldn’t be even questioned, especially by us
Sorry don’t know what HTFM means
January 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
732…Totje
A very odd person indeed.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
gillian mc keith
would have had a great time with me yesterday
January 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
test…
January 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
728
SC45 Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
701
I posed the Q yesterday. According to yesterday’s Express, O’Brian wants to change his statement to confirm he also was Ms Tanner saw - namely a man carrying a child.
Is that right?
I can’t see why the McCs (Or CM) would poo poo such a change if it were true.
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Possibly because it has finally dawned on them that maybe it isn’t a trump card after all…
January 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
720 wtf
If you are referring to Dr Gillian McKeith, I don’t think she’s a medical doctor - she’s an alternative health guru who markets bottle of very costly wheatgrass and spirulina etc, which can give you a very expensive shitting experience! (That’s not to say it isn’t good stuff - just expensive.)
January 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
728…SC45
I did reply to your query, SC45.
I said that I was wondering how the PJ could stop themselves smirking
and then breaking out into uncontrollable laughter as Mr O’B quoted
his “new” statement to them.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
736
Totje
joder
U R a pro ??
January 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
631 JuneJohnson Says: January 9th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Mods and Admin
To all users
Mods and Admin
Edit..
Funny you all call it disgusting now, but entertaining then
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All?
Sorry.. I know it’s been a tough day for M&A…
Mods and Admin
A merlot would be nice, make ours enormous!!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I like the guy that worked on the Lab
January 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
682 Matt. Says:
676…Totje
Paid up-front, apparently, to enable a reasonable reduction from their
very cost-effective and efficient Company.
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NAh… they can’t be that stupid. Remember they’ve STUDIED and are doctors!
1 : 1
January 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
734
coolandcalm
Maybe to much CSI
January 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Mods and Admin 705
You have my sympathy trying to deal with pervs like that. I’m sure there are plenty of sites far more suited to his preferences! I always had visions of him down in the dirty basement wearing fingerless gloves, sniggering and salivating over his keyboard. Or do I watch too much CSI??
January 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
“ The Holy Hot Lips Healy”
January 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
674 Matt. re “typo”
My suggestion to find a shrink or in case he was already consulting a shrink he should ask for a refund wasn’t appreciated either… Sadly it seems I was right
January 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
“Hot Lips Healy”
January 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
695
Matt. Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
686…chenier
But I only dared to teasingly correct one little typo…I dread to think
what my fate might have been if I had actually disagreed with him/her.
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Ah yes, the distinctly unfond memories.
The offspring was somewhat bemused by it, though did make some notes for her psych files…
January 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
715…BabyJane
The scenes and situations whereby Dr K originally got her nickname
and reputation of “Hot Lips Healy”, would certainly pull in the crowds.
The Advertising Blurbs department would concentrate on that +++
January 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
701
I posed the Q yesterday. According to yesterday’s Express, O’Brian wants to change his statement to confirm he also was Ms Tanner saw - namely a man carrying a child.
Is that right?
I can’t see why the McCs (Or CM) would poo poo such a change if it were true.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
721
Lone Pigeon
But its regular work.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Re - Tinsel’s movie
Keira Knightly to play Boney M(cCann) (her lovely features pinched in suffering)
Harvey Keitel to play Gerry
Christopher Lee to play sinister Clarrie
Tommy Lee Jones to play private investigator
Norman Wisdom or Lee Evans to play head of the PJ
Some glove-puppets to play Tapas 9
Divine to play Aunty Phil
January 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
looking for maddie ??
But they where she is ! Imo ,alldge ,whatever
January 9th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
691:Ian ,
why don’t you just give it a rest………..you go on and on and on and…