Iron Lung, the breakout feature from filmmaker and creator Markiplier, is set to debut exclusively on YouTube on May 31. […]
Iron Lung, the breakout feature from filmmaker and creator Markiplier, is set to debut exclusively on YouTube on May 31.
Markiplier revealed the premiere date during a Deadline-moderated panel at Cannes Film Festival on Sunday morning.
Announcing the release, Markiplier described YouTube as his home.
“I’m pretty loyal to it,” he said.
Iron Lung opened in cinemas on Jan. 30 and has now topped over $50 million worldwide against a $4 million budget. The film had practically no marketing spend and reached audiences through Markiplier’s large social presence.
Iron Lung was produced, written, and directed by Markiplier, who also stars. Based on the breakout indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski, the story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future following ‘The Quiet Rapture’, an event that causes stars and habitable planets to vanish.
“A desperate attempt to explore an ocean of blood on a desolate moon unfolds when a convicted individual is sealed inside a decaying submarine nicknamed the Iron Lung — a descent into dread that becomes as psychological as it is physical.”
