Re: Netflix probes Madeleine McCann disappearance in new documentary

by Doug D 05.03.19 19:19

The ‘never known to put out a duff story’ Sun says its April!

When is the Madeleine McCann Netflix documentary released and why did her parents refuse to be involved?

By Joanne Kavanagh

5th March 2019, 8:20 am
Updated: 5th March 2019, 8:21 am

NETFLIX has made a new documentary about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

We have the lowdown on this new show and why the missing girl's parents have refused to take part in the doc.

When is the Madeleine McCann Netflix documentary released?
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]is due to be screened in April 2019, but an exact date is yet to be revealed.
It will examine the case of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]and interviews key figures and investigators.
Netflix had been hoping it would be ready to screen in 2018 but the project reportedly took longer than expected.
It's also thought producers had wanted to create an eight-part series but it may now be a one or two parter.

Why did Madeleine's parents refuse to be involved?
Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], despite numerous requests from producers over the last 18 months.
The couple's pals, who were on that fateful holiday with them when [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]went missing, and their former spokesperson Clarence Mitchell blasted the film, which is reported to have cost £20million, saying: "We want nothing to do with it."
In 2018 The Sun reported that the McCanns have declined to be involved because the Metropolitan Police's [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

What will the Madeleine McCann Netflix documentary cover?
Netflix are hoping the documentary will be massive hit like its other successful true crime dramas including Making A Murderer and Abducted in Plain Sight.
The search for the toddler became the most high-profile missing person investigation in history.
But despite a Portuguese police probe and an £11 million Scotland Yard investigation,[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]McCann's search for their daughter goes on.

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by sandancer 06.03.19 0:18

It's been " wooshed " !!!

No longer showing for 15th March or any time March / April !!

by Verdi 06.03.19 0:26

sandancer wrote:It's been " wooshed " !!!

No longer showing for 15th March or any time March / April !!

Funny you should say that think

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I signed up with Netflix against my better judgement (try cancelling the subscription before they bill you - at your peril), when I delved further into the documentary it said something to the effect that information was no longer available.

by Guest 06.03.19 11:11

Just wondering, if a programme about your life is being aired are you entitled to a preview ?

by Doug D 06.03.19 22:28

Go it girl!

Q. Why bother to write a new story, when you can get away with revamping the same one after just four days!

A. Tracey missed out first time round on 2^ndMarch. Gemma Mullin managed to do a cut’n’paste of Tracey's Mail article before she could get round to it.

Q2. Why does it then take two of you to do another cut'n'paste?

A. Completely unfathomable.

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MADDIE FILES
Gerry and Kate McCann blast Netflix’s upcoming documentary ‘The disappearance of Madeleine McCann’ as they fear it will ‘hinder’ police search for vanished Maddie

The streaming giant are poised to air the film as the 12th anniversary of the world’s most famous missing child cases approaches

By Tracey Kandohla and Corey Charlton

6th March 2019, 8:22 pm
Updated: 6th March 2019, 9:08 pm

MADELEINE McCann's parents have slammed a new Netflix movie about their daughter’s kidnap fearing it could hinder the painstaking police search for her.
Kate and Gerry told today how they had been asked to take part in the documentary but "want nothing to do with it".
Oscar-winning Netflix boasts the documentary has “riveting” new interviews with key investigators as the 12th anniversary of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] approaches.
The streaming giant is set to release more details and the launch date of the movie “[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]” in the coming weeks.
Heart doctor Gerry, 50, and former GP Kate — who celebrated her 51st birthday yesterday — hit out in a statement released by spokesperson Clarence Mitchell.
It read: “The production company told us that they were making the documentary and asked us to participate.
“But they want 'nothing to do with it.”

'WE WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT'

The couple from Rothley, Leics, added: “We did not see and still do not see how this programme will help the search for Madeleine and, particularly given there is an active police investigation, could potentially hinder it.
“Consequently, our views and preferences are not reflected in the programme.
“We will not be making any further statements or giving interviews regarding this programme.”
The McCann's “Tapas Seven” holiday pals and their spokesperson have also snubbed the venture.
Netflix is already predicting the documentary, due out this month, will be a huge global success.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] parents had received numerous requests from producers Pulse Films over the past 18 months.
A source close to the movie makers said: “Everyone everywhere is fascinated by the Maddie story.
“We would have welcomed the opportunity of working with the McCanns directly but they informed us they couldn’t and wouldn’t consider taking part while a police investigation is into their daughter’s abduction is ongoing.
“But we have interesting new interviews with people close to the inquiry and we believe we can give justice to this unbelievably tragic story.”
The filmmakers scooped three awards at last month’s Oscars for Roma, which follows the life of a live-in housekeeper of a middle-class family in Mexico City.

ENDURING MYSTERY

Three-year-old Maddie vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz in May 2007 while her parents were dining with pals in a nearby tapas restaurant.
She had been left sleeping alone with her younger twin siblings Sean and Amelie with regular half hourly checks being made on the children.
Her parents cling onto a glimmer of hope their eldest child could still be found alive.
She would now be aged 15, nearly 16.
It is not yet known if the documentary, which has cost up to a reported £20 million, will be a one off, a two parter or as originally intended an eight part series.

'A MASSIVE HIT FOR NETFLIX'

An insider at Pulse Films said: “Netflix are hoping it will be a massive hit.”
It is not known if retired Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral has agreed to take part.
In his best seller book “The Truth of the Lie” he accuses Maddie’s parents — who were once suspects in their daughter’s disappearance — of faking her kidnap after she accidentally died in the holiday flat.
The McCann pal: “The family understand Mr Amaral and Portuguese police officers have been approached.
“Their lawyers will be keeping watch for any potentially libellous material.”
The search for Maddie — who was just nine days away from her fourth birthday — has became the most high-profile missing person investigation in history.
The youngster’s face in iconic pictures is recognisable around the world.
Netflix has had a string of successful true crime documentaries including hit documentary Making A Murderer on wrongly jailed American student Amanda Knox for British student Meredith Kercher’s murder.

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by LG 06.03.19 22:43

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by Doug D 06.03.19 22:53

Thanks LG.

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by Silverspeed 06.03.19 23:22

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by Guest 07.03.19 12:54

I don't see how anyone can tell us anymore than the superb
Richard Hall has already told us ,they may throw in a load of conjecture though,that may be interesting.
(Keep believing one day we will be told the truth)

by sar 07.03.19 13:03

...and none of this appears on the front pages of any news paper?

by Phoebe 07.03.19 17:01

Doug D wrote:Thanks LG.

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Well that's a humdinger!!!! Kate and Gerry fear that a programme, screened almost twelve years after their daughter's disappearance, may "hinder" the "active police investigation" yet they had no qualms whatsoever in setting up a parallel, private investigation in '07, despite the fact that there was an "active police investigation" of a crime which had just occurred. What a load of tommyrot!! This must be the lamest excuse to ever stumble forth.

by willowthewisp 07.03.19 17:16

Phoebe wrote:
Doug D wrote:Thanks LG.

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Well that's a humdinger!!!! Kate and Gerry fear that a programme, screened almost twelve years after their daughter's disappearance, may "hinder" the "active police investigation" yet they had no qualms whatsoever in setting up a parallel, private investigation in '07, despite the fact that there was an "active police investigation" of a crime which had just occurred. What a load of tommyrot!! This must be the lamest excuse to ever stumble forth.

Hi Phoebe, yes it never worried the Parents of Madeleine about all those "Crime Watch Specials" October 13 2014, DCI Andy Redwood,Mr J Totman close connections to Tapas 7/9, in fact Dave Edgar participated in the Families own Version of what happened to Madeleine McCann?

by Phoebe 07.03.19 17:24

Hi Willow. As long as the McCanns were in control they didn't care. It maybe that the McCanns fear the netflix programme may divulge or discuss an aspect they would prefer avoided or else it is faux displeasure just for effect.

by **sharonl** 07.03.19 20:20

Or the McCanns have had a lot to do with this documentary but past experience warns them of the risks of saying anything in public. They want to sell their Maddie was abducted whilst we ate at the Tapas story but they know that their statements would be checked, analysed and questioned. How could they sell the story without incriminating themselves even more than they already have? The answer is to convince us that they have nothing to do with this documentary.

They also wouldn't want us to know if they were profiting from this project.

And lets be honest, if Madeleine was really missing and there was an active investigation ongoing to find her, the McCanns and the police could pull the plug on this film.

by NickE 08.03.19 8:26

Doug D wrote:Thanks LG.

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"We did not see and still do not see how this programme will help the search for Madeleine".

Just like when they were asked about an reconstruction.

The parents are certain (officially) that she was abducted and still alive and started a media circus that world never seen before but they are not interested to find her when there's something out of their agenda.
Where are they searching for her?
Where have they search?
Who have they hired to search for last ~10 years for money they brought in?
Quite revealing imo.

by Wbl189 08.03.19 13:37

İt clearly states I the papers that the McCanns Lawyers will be watching the Netflix waiting for any liberal material . So basically Netflix has wasted 20 million to literally be careful in what comes up against the McCanns.
I was hoping through a breakthrough like other Netflix true crime cases but now I feel deflated about it.

by Verdi 08.03.19 14:10

Wbl189 wrote:İt clearly states I the papers that the McCanns Lawyers will be watching the Netflix waiting for any liberal material . So basically Netflix has wasted 20 million to literally be careful in what comes up against the McCanns.
I was hoping through a breakthrough like other Netflix true crime cases but now I feel deflated about it.

The McCann's 'source' aka Clarence Mitchell Esquire, issues these threats at every given opportunity - I think his words were (not wordsworth) 'the gloves are off' skull

The drama/documentary has now been removed from the schedule, I have my doubts that it was ever in the production stage. Has anybody across the airways ever said they have been approached - like Colin Sutton, Mark Williams-Thomas, Sonia Poulton or the font of all knowledge across the pond, Isabel McFadden? I don't think so! Remember the 'Untold Story' that was never told?

It seems rather a coincidence that this is all happening at the time of the next stay of execution for Operation Grange think

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by **Jill Havern** 08.03.19 16:24

Verdi wrote:Remember the 'Untold Story' that was never told?

To be fair, some of it was told until she ran out of patreon support.

by **Tony Bennett** 08.03.19 16:54

Jill Havern wrote:
Verdi wrote:Remember the 'Untold Story' that was never told?

To be fair, some of it was told until she ran out of patreon support.

To be accurate, what she 'told' us had in fact already been told numerous times by others so we actually have not yet been told anything of the untold story, which remains untold.

As I told you long time aqo would be the case.

Except that in her short documentary she managed to dredge up and put in her film ELEVEN different negative quotes about Goncalo Amaral.

Oh, and allowed Colin Sutton to state that the McCanns should be investigated so as to 'finally clear them once and for all'.

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I am also very doubtful that this Netflix documentary will actually happen. There has been total silence about it for some two years and it seems amazing there has been no leak about it from anyone during that time. No leak from anyone on the production team. No leak from any of those being interviewed.

There is a problem for anyone now seeking to tell this story.

To point the finger at the McCanns risks a libel suit. That's why I doubt Mark Saunokonoko can do so, indeed the 9 NEWS disclaimer makes it clear that his podcasts aren't going to go there.

There would also be the need for any film or documentary to say something different from what has been said in the past 12 years.

On the 10th anniversary, I seem to remember some people doing just that.

Rent-a-quote Mark Williams-Thomas came on the TV sofa and said he genuinely believed she had just wandered off (which is how Operation Grange may well end this farce).

Some other goon said he thought the abductor had dropped her body down a well (Operation Grange might try that instead. Or even as well).

Colin Sutton chimed in, years too late, with 'stolen by gypsies and taken to North Africa'.

What dramatic evidence could there be...

...except a confession from one of those who REALLY know what REALLY happened to Madeleine McCann?

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by Wbl189 08.03.19 17:44

Only the fake news , mention it. The Sun , Daily mail , the mirror and telegraph. Netflix hasn't mentioned it at all . Nor any other source

by NickE 08.03.19 17:58

A reminder from my chat with Netflix in October 2018.
It's all very strange.
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by Wbl189 08.03.19 18:36

Mi5 ? When will that happen? Lol surely if it was going to happen then it already would have by now.
İ always wish and hope but i have completely lost any faith about this case. İt's like a circus just playing around to mock the public

by Verdi 08.03.19 19:54

Wbl189 wrote:Mi5 ? When will that happen? Lol surely if it was going to happen then it already would have by now.
İ always wish and hope but i have completely lost any faith about this case. İt's like a circus just playing around to mock the public

Sorry, what's MI5 got to do with the proposed Netflix film/documentary about Madeleine McCann - have I missed something?

by Wbl189 08.03.19 20:18

I was reading the bottom of NickE post lol sorry for confusion. I thought it was part of his reply but realised it's a quote

by Verdi 08.03.19 20:21

Wbl189 wrote:Only the fake news , mention it. The Sun , Daily mail , the mirror and telegraph. Netflix hasn't mentioned it at all . Nor any other source

Netflix Media Centre ..

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If you read up-page you will see this entry for forthcoming Netflix exclusives has now been removed from their Media Centre website.

by Verdi 08.03.19 20:23

Wbl189 wrote:I was reading the bottom of NickE post lol sorry for confusion. I thought it was part of his reply but realised it's a quote

Aha, the profile signature! I quite understand the confusion thumbsup

it's an easy mistake to make.

ETA: NickE, can you do us a favour and change the style of your profile signature. Anything to differentiate between your post and your signature - a different or smaller font or italics maybe? Thanks!

by Cammerigal 08.03.19 23:15

Netflix employ geo-blocking, so I could expect it was blocked in the UK due to the legal risks from super injunctions.
However, it is not scheduled here on my Netflix Australia or Netflix USA. it feels like fake news and a part of a plotted game

So in who's interest is it to promote this non story? What advantage do they gain? Always work backwards from this point.

Therefore, let us all take a long hard look at the motives of Tracy Kandahola in placing this piece of fiction in the Murdoch Sun and the prompt 'no comment' response from the Mccon website.

by Verdi 08.03.19 23:34

Why should this alleged Netflix film/documentary be blocked in the UK?

Sonia Poulton's production wasn't; Gemma O'Doherty's report wasn't; Richard D Hall wasn't; Colin Sutton's opinion wasn't; Mark Saunokonoko's podcast wasn't; the Australian January 2017 documentary wasn't. Indeed there are hundreds if not thousands of videos on YouTube that are very damning to the McCanns but there they remain unchallenged.

It's in the McCann interest for these stories to go viral. They've been doing it since May 2007.

by Wbl189 09.03.19 5:44

I have now been told by many that it was Netflix themselves who said they were bringing out the documentary and was told to Google it Sad

by NickE 09.03.19 8:26

Cammerigal wrote:Netflix employ geo-blocking, so I could expect it was blocked in the UK due to the legal risks from super injunctions.
However, it is not scheduled here on my Netflix Australia or Netflix USA. it feels like fake news and a part of a plotted game

So in who's interest is it to promote this non story? What advantage do they gain? Always work backwards from this point.

Therefore, let us all take a long hard look at the motives of Tracy Kandahola in placing this piece of fiction in the Murdoch Sun and the prompt 'no comment' response from the Mccon website.

When I had the chat with Netflix they first told me that the doc will not be broadcast in my region(Scandinavia) due to lack of licence but minutes later they told me that no doc/series was produced at all.
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