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 5:23 pm
Hi all,
CM has just given an interview on Richard and Judy (C4) and says there is no truth to the movie story. For once I actually believe him.
When you consider the known facts, it would be the worlds shortest movie.
Opening credits to song ‘Summer Holiday’ shows Madeline slipping on plane steps then cuts to childrens playground showing GM playing with children.
Credits display date and time 7pm Thursday 3rd May 2007
Scene 1 McCanns put kids to bed
Scene 2 McCanns arrive at Tapas Bar
Scene 3 GM checks on kids, (but shot shows him putting his around the door, not actual shot of Madeleine).
Scene 4 KM discovers Madeleine missing
End of film
January 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
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Lone Pigeon
Of couse it is !!
And the P.J. knows that
January 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
829 Karen Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Stevo
It wasn’t nothing for the poor male adult!!!
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True but you know what I meant…bad choice of words on my part. A bit like the Mirror using the word “Snatch” last week eh?
January 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
sigh
pass me the rennie!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
690matt;K+G were f….d .from the start as anyone who knows anything about human nature could tell you their behaviour was not reasonable,taking circumstances in to account.WHEN DOES RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR BECOME SO RATIONAL THAT IT IS IRRATIONAL.phsciopaths is what they are .Phycos are insane but Phscios just dont give a f… But it also goes along way.the difference between insane and leagally insane
January 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
690matt;K+G were f….d .from the start as anyone who knows anything about human nature could tell you their behaviour was not reasonable,taking circumstances in to account.WHEN DOES RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR BECOME SO RATIONAL THAT IT IS IRRATIONAL.phsciopaths is what they are .Phycos are insane but Phscios just dont give a f… But it also goes along way.the difference between insane and leagally insane
January 9th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Firestar always has a go at Tony Bennett and it’s maybe because Tony saw through him a long time ago:
78 firestar Says:
September 20th, 2007 at 9:42 am
75
we could always bomb portugal.
that would make them think twice
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Add in his trawling for IP addresses here:
http:/ / footnotesystems.co. uk/vote/
This for those that didn’t know is Firestar’s website company. The commercial site he makes money from and sucks people into visiting.
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And for such a “nice bloke” I wonder if his customers would like his tone:
1017 firestar Says:
January 6th, 2008 at 1:38 am
1010 look you little shit, you’re the one asking for help.
it’s not my fault you’re too thick to understand the answer now is it?
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What a nasty piece of work.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
777
mk,
Duncan told me to be patient. The mods aren’t allways around. They’re volunteers. They will release the picture when they find it in the spam bot [or whatever it's called].
Reminds me of driving a car on the highway, patience by the guy/girl driving behind you is much appreciated, patience by the guy/girl driving in front of you isn’t
January 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
SCOTLAND YARD
Blast it. It’s gonna be biased then
January 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Sledgehammer
Who ever else you are, you’re always an arsehole.
May your catch be bountiful.
Try not to die of old age before you cast the line.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
SCOTLAND YARD TO INTERROGATE MCCANNS?
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/f…..1665.shtml
09/01/2008 - 13h19
Attorney-General of Portugal wants to interrogate parents of Madeleine
(provisional translation)
The Prosecutor General of Portimão, José Magalhães and Menezes, has carried out legal procedures to ask Scotland Yard that officers interrogate British Gerry and Kate McCann and the seven friends who dined with the couple on the night of the disappearance of Madeleine.
The announcement has generated speculation about the possibility of the Portuguese Judicial Police being ready to open a trial against McCann, parents of Madeleine.
The detectives want to ask friends that dined with Kate and Gerry at a restaurant near the tourist complex of Ocean Club, within a short distance of the beach at Praia da Luz, south of Portugal, on the night of the disappearance.
The letters of the Attorney-General to British police took several months due to the slow bureaucratic process of research.
The McCanns welcomed the new interrogations, with the hope that they will be withdrawn from the formal status of suspects of the case. The two, both 39 years old, were identified as formal suspects on September 7.
According to the ‘Daily Mail’, the detectives hope that the new interrogation will clarify the mystery of the case, especially the inconsistencies in the testimony of several witnesses.
The Portuguese police believe Madeleine died accidentally on the night of her disappearance, and that their parents covered up the death.
Blood
Yesterday, the Portuguese press reported that forensic samples found in a vehicle that McCann rented 25 days after the disappearance of her daughter coincided with the blood of Madeleine.
Also, the team led by Commissioner Paulo Rebelo finalised the list of questions that will be reviewed and translated by the Office of the Attorney General, so that Scotland Yard can conduct the of new interrogation.
The list was approved by Judge Pedro Frias, in charge of the case. The legal letters were sent on Monday (7th January) by Magellan and Menezes, through the European body Eurojust.
British authorities received the documents last week and began preparing for the interrogation of McCann and the group of friends, known as “Tapas Nine.”
Portuguese detectives will travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the interrogation, which will be carried out by officers of Scotland Yard and police from Leicestershire.
The McCanns categorically denying any connection with the disappearance of their daughter, and asked the police authorities to focus on the search for Madeleine.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Karen my dear you are an air head, I thought I was Soothsayer now you tell me I am HH, please tell me I am wasting my time going fishing. That should ensure a record catch.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Matt 219
…and Max Clifford is lined up to represent Robert Murat so he has his own agenda. he has the prospective book deal in hand already!
Its all about money all round, nothing to do with being nice or nasty. Big business……
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I consider Max Clifford to be very astute and the tops in PR and he is representing Robert Murat, which IMO speaks volumes.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Karen
indeedy poor sod!
January 9th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
he was on a couple of nights ago
January 9th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Stevo
It wasn’t nothing for the poor male adult!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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brandon flours Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Lone pigeon
Goodnight
Hopefully I will be germ free tomorrow and we can have lunch againx
good night lovely. Till then xx
January 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
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SteveT Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
RedRooster,
Do you know when our friend Garth was last here?
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no i haven’t seen him for a bit - i think he’s reconsidering his options, maybe he’s thinking coming over to the other side
January 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
806
RedRooster
January 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
767
chenier,
No not Hogan. They rented that firm already in may 2007.
!!
You caused me headaches
It’s Control Risks Group (CRG)
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22471526-5006301,00.html
January 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
just suppose there is eventually a film about the Madeleine McCann case ..
(and I don’t mean a film made BY the McCanns, I mean a film made ABOUT the McCanns)
… how would you storyboard the plot?
January 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
820
clouseau
Yep
Don’t who see my poor english ???
January 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
798 clouseau
The body at Cascais was a male adult. It turned out to be nothing.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Lone pigeon
Goodnight
Hopefully I will be germ free tomorrow and we can have lunch againx
January 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
cant say no …are you in portugal?
January 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
815
clouseau
A coiple of days , they found the coffin ,of a baby , in a grave ,that should be empty
January 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Might have been why they were so damn sure!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
815
clouseau
The press didn’t talk much about it
January 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
791…Totje
But some more naive than others.
Not much naivety about their frequent attempts to “Backfit” their
stories displayed though.
Nor their Media circus.
Their plea of naivety re what their behaviour resulted in is very dubious
to say the least.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
brandon
it just seems a bit strange its disapeared…probaly nothing but it is just stuck in my mind …i will keep searching