Affleck puts movie release on hold

THE UK release of Ben Affleck’s new film about a four-year-old girl’s disappearance has been delayed indefinitely because of its similarities with the Madeleine McCann case, distributors said.

Gone Baby Gone, which is the Oscar winner’s first movie as director, tells the tale of a girl who is kidnapped from her bed after her parents leave her by herself.

Madeline O’Brien, who plays the missing girl Amanda McCready in the film, bears a close resemblance to Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal on May 3.