“Iron Lung,” the feature-length directorial debut of YouTuber Mark Fischbach aka Markiplier, is coming house. Throughout a panel at Cannes Movie Pageant moderated by Deadline, Fischbach introduced that “Iron Lung” will probably be accessible to buy completely on YouTube from Might 31, 2026. He added that he considers YouTube his house: “I am fairly loyal to it.”
Based mostly on the indie horror sport of the identical identify by David Szymanski, “Iron Lung” is ready in a darkish future the place each star and planet within the universe has mysteriously vanished, taking a lot of the human inhabitants with them. The one survivors are people who dwell inside artifical buildings like spaceships and house stations. Following the invention of a moon that seems to have an ocean of human blood, a convict known as Simon (Fischbach) is pressured to pilot a submarine via this ocean in quest of clues to what prompted the so-called “Quiet Rapture.” Fischbach additionally wrote, produced, edited, and distributed the film.
Made for simply $4 million, “Iron Lung” grossed greater than $50 million on the worldwide field workplace because of Markiplier’s enormous built-in viewers of followers. Fischbach informed Lemonade Stand that he used the earnings to pay every member of the film’s forged and crew a bonus equal to their authentic wage.
For those who missed your probability to see “Iron Lung” in theaters, you possibly can take a dive with Markiplier when the film hits YouTube on Might 31.
