A film from the States due for release in the UK about a four-year-old girl's disappearance has been shelved because of similarities to the Madeleine McCann case. Gone Baby Gone, which sees the directorial debut of actor Ben Affleck, had been slated for the 28 December release date, but distributor Buena Vista International, have postponed it indefinitely. The films main star Madeline O'Brien, who takes the role of the missing girl in Gone Baby Gone, displays an uncanny resemblance to Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal on 3 May. Buena Vista and Miramax issued a press release in which they said they were "sensitive to the depth of feeling surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann" hence the postponement. The movie 'Gone Baby Gone' is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane written almost nine years ago, with filming taking place during 2006 almost twelve months before Madeleine's disappearance. Ben Affleck the films director said at the recent Deauville Film Festival, he was "acutely aware of the situation" regarding Madeleine McCann, adding 'We don't want to release the movie if it is going to touch a nerve or inflame anybody's sensitivities, stressing that the McCann case was as he put it "a matter of life and death," whereas the film was merely a commercial venture.The film follows two Boston private detectives who are called in to assist a police investigation into a missing child. It stars Affleck's brother Casey and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman.