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 Mackendrick intended to shoot on location at [[Wester Drumlins]], a [[mansion]] in [[London]], which would have portrayed Mrs Wilberforce's new home. However, multiple tragedies beset the production even before the principal shooting began, including the abrupt disappearances of [[location manager]]s and two crewmembers being badly injured by a [[lighting rig]] that fell from the ceiling in the [[living room]]. The disasters spooked [[insurance]] companies, and by late 1957 the film was scrapped.
-In [[1974]], Sellers gave an interview on ''[[Parkinson]]'' where he revealed that Mackendrick and Guinness had been approached by a [[softly-spoken man]] who urged them to abandon the project or film elsewhere. Sellers recalled that the young man had spoken "mumbo jumbo" about "[[Weeping Angel|killer statues]]", but his works had scared Mackendrick enough that he decided to halt the film. For the [[actor]], the cancellation still rankled as he had gone on to shoot ''[[Up the Creek]]'', which he described as being unremembered.
+In [[1974]], Sellers gave an interview on ''[[Parkinson]]'' where he revealed that Mackendrick and Guinness had been approached by a [[softly-spoken man]] who urged them to abandon the project or film elsewhere. Sellers recalled that the young man had spoken "mumbo jumbo" about "[[Weeping Angel|killer statues]]", but his words had scared Mackendrick enough that he decided to halt the film. For the [[actor]], the cancellation still rankled as he had gone on to shoot ''[[Up the Creek]]'', which he described as being unremembered.
 In [[2021]], [[journalist]] [[Rani Chandra]] wrote about the unfinished film in an article on the ''[[Into The Unknown (blog)|Into The Unknown]]'' [[blog]]. For her research, she found [[script]]s and records in the [[British Film Institute Library]], and also watched Sellers' interview. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins (short story)|The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins]]'')