Darkland: BEN Drowned

Darkland: BEN Drowned was an upcoming horror film adaptation of Alex Hall's story BEN, before its ultimate cancellation.
== Synopsis ==
Alone in a strange island town, a man's boredom & curiosity leads him to an old game & a dark secretIndiegogo - Darkland: BEN Drowned Campaign
== Cast ==
* Andrew Nance as Matt
* Nathaniel FrancisNovember Announcements (PLEASE WATCH)
 as Alex
* Jannik Archer as Doug
* Jonny Clarke as Steve
* Andrew Parker as Detective Martin BriggsCinemagia - Darkland: BEN Drowned cast expanded 
* Gregory Caine
* Rachel Summers
* Peter Corey as The Old Man
* Jacob Sherwood as Mr. Lip
* Toby Mitchell as Coroner
* Matt Dixon as Police Officer
== Production ==
=== Pre-Production ===
In a video titled, "November Announcements (PLEASE WATCH)", uploaded October 28th, 2013, Sherwood stated that he was "currently working on a feature-length pilot, for a tongue-in-cheek horror show." While not going into detail about the project, he did reveal that it would be set in a university town on the coast, and that it was based on the creepypasta story "BEN". He also elaborated that they'd made it most of the way through the casting process, having already cast Jonny Clarke, Nathaniel Francis, and Gregory Caine.
An Indiegogo campaign was started. It failed to amass its £3,000 goal, though it had a flexible goal and all funds were passed along.
=== Filming ===
Shooting took place in Canterbury, Broadstairs, and Dover. Mind’s Eye Entertainment: BEN Drowned
=== Post Production ===
On August 8th, 2016, Sherwood posted on both Twitter and Facebook that Darkland was nearly completed, and that he and Mitchell had begun planning their next film.Exciting times...
=== Cancellation ===
On February 24th, 2017, Sherwood released a video announcing the cancellation of Darkland: BEN Drowned. In the video, Sherwood referred to the film as the channel's most ambitious project, and stated that "It was probably naive of me to assume that I could bring to life a script, that I'd filled with a large cast of strange characters, supernatural elements, different kinds of special effects, blah, blah, blah, in spite of my lack of experience and money, even after I bloody-mindedly pushed forward, on a film that had no producer, a schedule with no end in sight, and a cast whose availability was slowly dwindling, as they each found success in other projects. It became very clear to all of us working on the film - at least all of us that were the higher-ups - that it was never going to see the light of day."Big Announcement (please watch)
While he said that the film was "no more", he revealed that a "very successful acquaintance of [his]" had approached him, suggesting that he start from scratch, simplifying it, and divorcing the idea from being an adaptation of Hall's creepypasta.
 He said that the new film would "use the world of "Darkland" to tell an original story", one that would still have a creepypasta influence, but would be inspired by "classic horror", H. P. Lovecraft, "Twin Peaks", and "... all the things that [he loved], all the things that [had] kind of made [him] grow as a writer".
He also went on to say that he'd grown, both as a filmmaker and a person, and that parts of the film no longer met his standards for quality.
== Music ==
Alec "Iceferno" Brooke was hired to do the music for the film.Alec Brooke IMDB Bio
== References ==
Category:Films
Category:Jacob Sherwood films