‘A Ben Evans Film’ – Sky Elobar to Star in Josh Malerman Adapation [Exclusive]

Based on a short story by Bird Box and Incidents Around the House author Josh Malerman, a feature adaptation of A Ben Evans Film is now in pre-production.

We have exclusive details on the project along with your first look at the poster below.

Sky Elobar (The Greasy Strangler) is set to star in the darkly comic psychological horror story.

Filming is slated to begin in Michigan in February 2026 with James Henry Hall & Bret K. Hall writing and directing.

Elobar will play a larger-than-life filmmaker who casts his deceased parents as the stars of a movie he struggled to complete while they were still alive. As he chases bliss behind the camera, his creative process spirals into madness — blurring the line between art, obsession, and decay.

“Sky Elobar as Ben Evans is literally everything I dream of in the genre,” says Malerman. “He took a character of mine and made him so much his own that now I’m not sure Ben ever belonged to me. James, Bret, and Sky’s take on Ben is original, sensational, totally colorful, and even dreadful. It’s an incredible balancing act.”

“It’s equal parts horror and heartbreak,” added James Henry Hall. “Ben Evans is a man who can’t let go — not of his family, not of his art, not even of death itself. It’s grotesque, funny, and deeply sad all at once.”

“The premise, the fact it’s a character-driven piece with deep emotional roots, and the opportunity to work with Josh, Sky, and James drew me in,” commented Bret K. Hall.

“I liked the idea of a guy who wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of him finishing his work of art,” Malerman says of his inspiration for the story. “And I do mean anything.”

“I was blown away by its raw emotional charge—the collision of obsession and creativity,” explains James Henry Hall. “I had never met a protagonist like Ben, nor encountered a story world so rich and ripe with opportunity. The idea of a man refusing to let anything stop him from finishing a dream, even as he’s unraveling, felt both heartbreaking and strangely inspiring.”

Magical Jungle Productions, Spin A Black Yarn, and Little Spark Films are producing.

With its mix of psychological dread, dark humor, and intimate tragedy, A Ben Evans Film promises to be an emotionally charged horror story for anyone who’s ever tried to make sense of loss through art.