Daniel Morcombe movie to be released in 2018

THE tragic story of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe is being made into a movie, set for release in 2018.

missing schoolboy Daniel Morcombe from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Daniel has been missing for five months today. He's my nephew, and my brother Bruce and his wife Denise, have raised over $100,000 to fund an advertising campaign which is currently underway, in an attempt to solve Daniel's abduction, and hopefully to capture the person or persons involved. There has been wonderful coverage of this tragic event, including "Australian Story" on the ABC, and a major article in the current edition of "The Australian Women's Weekly", but still the crime is not solved. The police now think two men were probably involved, together with a "blue car" as per the composite photo below. Sending out emails may hopefully trigger someone's memory, or someone's conscience, and makes the image of Daniel and the "blue car" below available for longer than is available on an ad. It would be greatly appreciated if you could forward this email on to all your email contacts, friends, relatives and business contacts, in the hope that someone will be able to provide the missing clue that the police are looking for. If everyone has just five email contacts, who each have five email contacts, who each have five email contacts, who each have five email contacts, that'll be well over a million people we'll be reaching. Thanks a lot - it's really appreciated. Perry Morcombe Managing Director Seniors Holiday Travel 7th May 2004 HAVE YOU SEEN DANIEL? hopefully someone may know or have seen something. Name: MORCOMBE, Daniel James D.O.B: 19 December 1989 Height: 150 cm Complexion: Fair Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Dark Brown Build: Proportionate Last Heard: He was last seen at his residence at Palmwoods on 7 December 2003. He intended on walking to an undesignated bus stop on the Nambour connection Road near the Kiel Mountain overpass. Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 (free call within Australia). Crime Stoppers is a telephone hotline for members of the community to provide annonymous information about criminal activity. This information is electronically sent to the police establishment nearest to where the crime is occurring for investigation. Picture: SUPPLIED

THE tragic story of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe is being made into a movie, set for release in 2018.

Bruce and Denise Morcombe announced they have signed a feature film deal with Australia’s Heritage Films at a Daniel Morcombe Foundation fundraising event in Brisbane on Saturday night.

Attendees were shown a short trailer for the film, which has the working title Where Is Daniel? and will be directed by Peter Cousens.

Daniel was 13 when he was abducted from a Sunshine Coast bus stop in 2003 and murdered by child sex offender Brett Peter Cowan.

“Denise and I feel we have reached a place where we can finally reveal our story in a different way,” Bruce Morcombe said on Saturday night, The Sunshine Coast Daily reports.

“We have found a production company and director we trust and with whom we have a great connection.

Daniel Morcombe was abducted and killed by Peter Cowan in 2003.

“We believe in their hands the world will discover our story and the legacy of Daniel from the unique perspective of a feature film.”

Heritage Films founder Rod Hopping said his production company aimed to release the film to a global audience, “we believe a story of this magnitude will attract some of Australia’s finest international actors.”

“At this early stage we are pulling together investment from a variety of sources, including government industry funding as well as private equity. We welcome interest in our project as we journey forward with enthusiasm around what we know will be a major motion picture both for Australia and beyond,” Mr Hopping said.

The script is yet to be developed and casting has not yet taken place. Filming is expected to commence in 2016.

Watch the teaser trailer below.