Gerry and Kate McCann snub new Maddie documentary

by **Jill Havern** Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:12 pm

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/866627/Gerry-Kate-McCann-snub-new-Maddie-documentary

Gerry and Kate McCann snub new Maddie documentary

FILMMAKERS are pressing ahead with a controversial eight-part documentary about the abduction of Madeleine McCann – even though her parents want nothing to do with it.

By JAMES MURRAY
PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sun, Oct 15, 2017 | UPDATED: 09:22, Sun, Oct 15, 2017

The so-called Tapas Seven, friends of the McCanns who holidayed with them at Praia da Luz, Portugal, when Madeleine disappeared 10 years ago, have also snubbed the venture commissioned by Netflix and Paramount.

Despite the rejection of co-operation by parents Gerry and Kate McCann, Pulse Films has put together a team, including producers and researchers, to keep the project on track.

They are working on a “treatment” which will form the basis of the series, which could cost £20million.

Last week an executive working for the London-based firm visited Rothley, Leicestershire, where the McCanns live and spent hours interviewing journalists who have chronicled the story.

The assistant producer, who has expertise in undercover filming, later flew to Portugal where he has already established links with people closely involved with the story.

Another executive has also visited residents near the home.

It is thought producers want to involve former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral, who has been involved in bitter legal action with the McCanns.

Dramatic reconstructions will be made of key events, including the night of May 3, 2007, when Madeleine, aged three, disappeared.

Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the McCanns, has confirmed Pulse Films wrote to Kate and Gerry asking them to co-operate.

He said: “Gerry said they did not want to get involved and that is also the view of their friends.”

Netflix is hoping to screen the series next spring, but a spokesman for Pulse Films declined to comment.

The company has more than 100 million subscribers with more than half of them living outside the United States.

Scotland Yard and Portuguese police continue to investigate the case but they have not made a breakthrough.

A television insider said: "This documentary series could provide the McCanns with an opportunity to appeal to a vast global audience of possibly 50 million for help, but they may see it as exploitative and too painful.”

by **Hobs** Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:21 am

A television insider said: "This documentary series could provide the McCanns with an opportunity to appeal to a vast global audience of possibly 50 million for help, but they may see it as exploitative and too painful.”

Good grief.
How do they think the parents and loved ones feel when a reconstruction is done regarding their missing loved one?

What about when a sibling or loved one plays the part of the missing person?

Of course it will hurt, it will hurt like buggery but they do it because they want the public to find their missing loved one.
They want to, and will do, anything and everything in their power to find their missing loved one.
It doesn't matter how long it has been whether it is a day or so or weeks or maybe even months, they do it to ask the public for their help and also to call out to their missing loved one that they are being searched for, that they are not in trouble and to come home and also the the abductor to let the person go.

Innocent parents don't refuse to do something because it is exploitative and painful, such a thought would never cross their mind, they want their loved one found and any publicity is good.

The mccanns however and chums are guilty of the crimes of homicide, concealment of a corpse, filing a false police report, fraud, obtaining money and services by deception, wire fraud and perjury to name but a few.

They refuse to take part because it would involve them doing a reconstruction, something they have tried to avoid apart from their own mockumentary which concentrated only on kate and gerry's alleged check.
Having the whole group doing the reconstruction would reveal how unbelievable it was.

Unless the mccanns were in complete control of the whole thing they would refuse to do it.
It would be akin to a Benny Hill skit if the original alleged checks were performed.

The reconstruction would further reveal who did what and when, perhaps even to tanner showing how she carried the child as per her Panorama interview.

Unless the mccanns are in charge they avoid anything that could incriminate themselves.

Innocent parents call out to their child often and using all forms of media

Guilty parents refuse to call out to their child and instead concentrate on preserving their own reputations

The language and behavior of the mccanns and to a lesser extent their chums reveals the truth of the lie, they cannot bring themselves to call out to Maddie, to let her know they are still searching for her because she is dead and hears and sees nothing.
They cannot bring themselves to call out to the alleged paedophile abductor to return Maddie because there was no abductor, paedophile or otherwise.

Whoever killed Maddie accidental or otherwise, lies within the tapas group and her parents.

Why would they take part in a reconstruction that could possibly incriminate them?

by Guest Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:56 am

Well they might get asked awkward questions as well by the production team.

Would Gerry do the toys out the pram strop again saying "this is all the investigation"?

This is promising if the film company want to involve Amaral and the McCanns and friends want nothing to do with it.

What an opportunity for the McCanns and they want to waste it?

by Asylum Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:04 am

On the plus side, when the inevitable legal action by the McCanns happens, Netflix have more than enough money to fight back. You'd think they'd want to at least put their side across, even if purely for selfish reasons - a supreme court ruling that they have NOT been cleared in their daughters death is nothing other than damning.

by willowthewisp Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:17 pm

Asylum wrote:On the plus side, when the inevitable legal action by the McCanns happens, Netflix have more than enough money to fight back. You'd think they'd want to at least put their side across, even if purely for selfish reasons - a supreme court ruling that they have NOT been cleared in their daughters death is nothing other than damning.

You cannot produce a film about a Current on going official Police Investigation,Operation Grange,I do not know if Portugal have these Fancy Names used by UK Police Forces,Tiberious,Midland,etc for their investigations,perhaps they are a coded Reference on how far they are to proceed with the case,they never found out about jimmy Savile as he was"Heavly Protected"by the boys in blue?
Millions of pounds and people have been conned by MSM Documentaries concerning missing Madeleine McCann,then link in all of the Government Officials whose backsides are like a Ducks underwater,kept firmly closed so Nothing escapes,that aught to escape!
Once Politicians became involved it was Game Over,as the Portugal Detective MR Goncalo Amaral worked out that Leicestershire Police force were not there to assist Portugal,but to protect certain named Arquidos?

by Verdi Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:26 pm

What film?

That report was published in October (that month again) 2017, six months ago.

Another Untold Story yawn

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by willowthewisp Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:02 pm

Verdi wrote:What film?

That report was published in October (that month again) 2017, six months ago.

Another Untold Story .

Hi Verdi,stand corrected documentary,much like the Crime Watch Special and Clarence Mitchell's Australia Comm-Conns Tour claim,Operation Grange,Metropolitan Police collusion,"Perverting the Course of Justice" Creche Dad!

by Verdi Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:22 pm

willowthewisp wrote:
Verdi wrote:What film?

That report was published in October (that month again) 2017, six months ago.

Another Untold Story .
Hi Verdi,stand corrected documentary,much like the Crime Watch Special and Clarence Mitchell's Australia Comm-Conns Tour claim,Operation Grange,Metropolitan Police collusion,"Perverting the Course of Justice" Creche Dad!

Why, of course - what can you expect after eleven years of truth avoidance. Nobody, that's nobody, is now going to produce a true exposé of the Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann are they. Indeed, the UK authorities are past masters at truth avoidance.

You get the occassional mortal thrown to the lions for effect, usually when they're already dead, like Ted Heath and Jimmy Savile but apart from that the secrets are locked away for eternity - or burned at the stake, never to be found.

by sandancer Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:45 pm

Some executive came over , went to Rothley then spent hours interviewing " journalists " who had chronicled the story !

I hope the said executive had a sick bag ready if he interviewed Kandohla !

splat

:bad:

by Verdi Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:35 pm

With Clarence Mitchell as coordinator in chief onphone

by Ladyinred Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:39 pm

Looking forward to watching the dramatic reconstruction of the night of 3rd May!

by **Jill Havern** Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:54 pm

Ladyinred wrote:Looking forward to watching the dramatic reconstruction of the night of 3rd May!

by **Jill Havern** Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:06 pm

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/944064/Madeleine-McCann-Netflix-documentary-watch-online-stream-true-crime-release-date

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Amanda Knox documentary released on Netflix
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Amanda Knox documentary released on Netflix

MADELEINE MCCANN is to be the subject of a true crime documentary on Netflix later this year. Here’s how to watch it online.

How to watch the Madeleine McCann Netflix documentary online

The series will be available to stream on Netflix when it is eventually released.
It joins other high profile cases in the streaming giant’s surge in the true crime genre in the last few years.
Making a Murderer in 2015, which focused on the murder of Teresa Halbach and the convictions of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, started the trend.
In 2016 Netflix released a one-part documentary simply titled Amanda Knox, which focused on the American student’s two convictions and acquittals of the murder of Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007.
Then The Keepers was released in May 2017 and explored the unsolved murder of nun Sister Cathy Cesnik and sex crimes committed by the Catholic Church in Baltimore which are believed to have led to her death.
The Madeleine McCann documentary will contain eight episodes.
Taking a similar format to The Keepers and Making a Murderer which contained seven and 10 episodes respectively.
The Mail Online reported that Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann will not be participating in the series.

I AM NOT SURPRISED !

by Ladyinred Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:26 pm

Get'emGonçalo wrote:
Ladyinred wrote:Looking forward to watching the dramatic reconstruction of the night of 3rd May!

Brilliant, LOL

Just as I imagined big grin

by Mark Willis Wed Apr 11, 2018 6:34 pm

LMAO!!

by **sharonl** Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:19 pm

I just get the feeling that the McCanns are well and truly behind this documentary and just distancing themselves in the public eye. Why would they allow this film to ahead without kicking up a fuss? Why would their supporters agree to be interviewed if it was against their wishes?

And, why is it that anyone with a McCann connection, turns out to be corrupt in some way?

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A Netflix shareholder has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the streaming giant of awarding lavish bonuses to top executives.

The suit, brought by the City of Birmingham Relief and Retirement System, alleges that Netflix violated tax law by giving “multi-million dollar windfalls” to executives including Ted Sarandos based on performance targets the company knew it was almost certain to achieve.

“Through their conduct, Defendants rigged the compensation process, guaranteeing Netflix officers huge cash payments while misleading investors into believing that these payments were justified by attainment of real performance goals,” the suit alleges.

Public companies are allowed to deduct salaries for top executives up to $1 million. Above that threshold, compensation may only be deducted if it is based on performance goals. The law requires that the goals be “substantially uncertain” at the time they are set. The Netflix bonuses were based on streaming revenues, which the pension fund alleges were highly predictable once the company knew how many subscribers it had in a given quarter.

The pension fund alleges that four Netflix executives reaped millions of dollars from the improper bonuses. Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer, is accused of taking $10.5 million. Neil Hunt, the former chief product officer, is alleged to have gotten $12.6 million. Greg Peters, the current chief product officer, is accused of taking $3.2 million. David Hyman, the general counsel, is alleged to have received $800,000.

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The lawsuit echoes a 2017 article in the Financial Times, which noted the “uncanny accuracy” of Netflix’s projected bonus payments. The article noted that the company established a bonus pool of $18.75 million for three of its executives in 2016. According to regulatory filings, those executives ended up receiving $18.7295 million in bonuses for that year.

In response to the Financial Times, Netflix said its executive compensation practices are consistent with federal statutes.

“The fact the targets are set during guidance makes them inherently uncertain, and not a foregone conclusion,” the company told the FT. “To hit the target, it requires effort and management skill by the executives. It is also a benefit to the company as we receive a tax deduction.”

The shareholder suit was first reported by the Hollywood Reporter. Netflix declined to comment, saying the company would weigh in “at the appropriate time.”