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 4:47 pm
734
coolandcalm
Good to see you back on the forum. Hope everything went okay and you’re feeling better.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
761
rockhopper Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
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Logic Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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And to top it all it appears that the son/husband who got 27 years didn’t even go to India!!!!!!!
If I adopted you’re mindset here I’d be writing about horses and water
January 9th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
66 Totje
Oh dear me, thats hardly the same is it.
Lets leave the kids on their own in an unlocked apartment in a foreign country every night whilst we go off and ‘dine’. How glad we are that we dont have the kids with us as we ‘dine’.
Oh dear, one of thems been abducted….quick, call a priest, phone the TV, start a fund….
January 9th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
750
can’t say no Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
743
mk
Problems ??
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No, I was trying to post an image.
I notice others have managed it recently.
Nice to see that we can now use bold text though
January 9th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
The part, where Mr. Mitchell talked about the fun considering who might play whom on the movie has vanisehd from the Times article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3156265.ece
January 9th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
746 Lilith
What’s HTFM?
January 9th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
768
Fair Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
762 RR
Now that thought I like
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wishful thinking i feel
January 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
769 Matt.
If you are correct, I am very glad of that.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
739
can’t say no,
You clearly didn’t understand that I was a little bit sarcastic/satirical.
I’m in a rollercoaster : up-down-forwards-backwards-upside down- upright-stomach twisting………
They did it, no they didn’t, they could, no they couldn’t, maybe this, maybe that…..
Headaches I get!
January 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
765
Jolie Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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it works for me i think
mind you when i take a leave of absense its not through choice, as mods and admin can testify im sure…. 
January 9th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
716 Chenier
“They do not deserve to have you whinging on about your right to free speech as exemplified by you hurling insults at anyone or everyone….”
You’re as insulting as anyone else in here. You’re just the most self-righteous one.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
758…Jolie
In a word….No.
Trust and respect, once lost, is practically impossible to retrieve.
Ask any Politico.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
762 RR
Now that thought I like
January 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
752
Totje Says:
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?
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Are you thinking of Hogan?
Ex- Met?
Try Anorak, 3rd January.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
firestar seems to be making enemies as per usual.
I suggest firestar goes to singing lessons and sharpens up his voice before doing anymore Pink Floyd covers. The mysterious thing about his recording is that you can’t hear any lead guitar and the backing track is available anywhere. I’m sure with a few beers inside you, it goes down well at karaoke nights in Derbyshire.
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Mods and Admin
Stevo, no more fights/arguements today please. Lots has been happening to discuss otherwise
January 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Ian, I fear you have lost the plot. Please stop being overly sensitive and self-involved and keep your posts on the subject of the case. If you can’t help yourself from continuing your whining, perhaps it is time for you to take a leave of absence from Anorak to become healthy again and then come back and rejoin the discussions.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
732 Totje Says: 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
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Here’s a worrying thought… perhaps WE were conversing with THE shrink?
January 9th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
711SC45
Mods and Admin…I will not answer this poster directly for fear of being chastised. Please can you deal with them.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Mods and Admin
582
That was a bit mean considering I was admitting I hadn’t read Hideki’s posts properly. And I was only expressing mock-horror hence the
(although it was gross - what a mind he must have had).
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Mods and Admin
We have to read each and every post, ok fine we accept that people skim over, but we don’t. But it isn’t up to the skimmers is it?
Agreed he is a repulsive gut churning ererr person
January 9th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
754
SteveT Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
751
Fair
728
“Decidedly dodgy if O’Brian suddenly remembers 8 months on that he too (alledgedly) saw ”bundleman”.
And what else is he going to remember?
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maybe thats what he wants gerry to think he’s going to say…more likely he might tell the truth to save his own skin.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
717 Mods and Admin
Another one, please can you ask this person to not call me a liar. Its clearly a personal attack and not allowed (I cannot respond for fear of being accused of bullying or attacking posters).
January 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
689
Logic Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
From the BBC’s report on their conviction;
snip “A grandmother who ordered the so-called “honour killing” of her daughter-in-law has been jailed for life.
Bachan Athwal and her son Sukhdave, 43, arranged the murder of Surjit Athwal, 27, who vanished during a trip to India in 1998, the Old Bailey heard.” snip
Their arranging/conspiring to have her killed were crimes that took place on British soil, that as far as I can see is what they have been sentenced for. I still can’t find any mention of them being convicted of actually strangling/disposing of her with their own hands. They arranged for someone else to do that for them on a different continent.
However, if you can shed more light on this, please do (or TB if you’re still here)
January 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
755
Mr B
I’m shocked
January 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Last night spokesman Clarence Mitchell insisted Esther quit because of “pressure of work’’.
He added: “It was all very amicable.”
January 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Do you think that Gerry McCann’s denial of considering doing a film for profit on Madeleine will cause former supporters who were repulsed at the original media reports with Clarence’s direct quotes about the possible deal, to become sympathetic once again to the McCanns?
January 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Mods and Admin
I think your card system sounds like fun but believe it or not i already undergo severe censorship by woman on the hill ( she tuts and gives me one of her looks ) with particular regards to bad language. She is of course a hypocrite as anyone who was present when i repeated to her what CM had said about the film deal could testify.
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Mods and Admin
Wait til Duncan reads that!!!!
My husband gives me hell in the car as most of my conversation is in asterisks,well monologue then, but I think he’s only jealous……
January 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
725 Vera
Mods and Admin
In your new tighter control approach,, please can you ask Vera to retract this.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
754
SteveT
Maybe ,that he was looking at a mirror ??
January 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
741
Logic Says:
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
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Ah, another ‘non-doctor’… just like the fragrant K has become?
http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/product.cfm?p=22
January 9th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
751
Fair
728
“Decidedly dodgy if O’Brian suddenly remembers 8 months on that he too (alledgedly) saw ”bundleman”.
And what else is he going to remember?