No Maddie Movie Planned

The parents of missing youngster, Madeleine McCann, have denied reports they are planning to make a film about her disappearance.

Madeleine's father Gerry McCann said speculation about a film deal was "simply untrue".

However, he did confirm there had been talks with a production company about making a documentary on the couple.

He said projects were assessed to see if they could help find Madeleine, who disappeared in Portugal, just before her fourth birthday, last May.

Writing on his internet 'blog' on Tuesday, Mr McCann said: "Some of the media coverage today has been at its worst since Kate and I were declared arguidos – or formal suspects.

"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."

The McCann's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, also said on Tuesday that there had been a meeting in December with the IMG film company, the firm behind the award-winning documentary Touching The Void.

He said the McCanns themselves had not attended the meeting, which discussed the possibility of making their daughter's disappearance into either a film or a TV drama.

"In this case we have had one meeting before Christmas. It was between myself, one other person and representatives from IMG."

(BMcC)