said in a joint statement released by spokesperson Clarence Mitchell.
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 itparents had received numerous requests from producers Pulse Films over the past 18 months.“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.
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.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.
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.An insider at Pulse Films said: “Netflix are hoping it will be a massive hit.”In his best seller book “The Truth of the Lie” he accuses Maddie’s parentsof faking her kidnap after she accidentally died in the holiday flat.