Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Will Surface on YouTube This Month
Markiplier's horror film 'Iron Lung' will be available on YouTube starting May 31. The film, based on an indie horror game, features Markiplier as a convict piloting a submarine through a blood ocean. Despite mixed reviews, it had a successful theatrical run, grossing $51 million worldwide.
- ▪Markiplier directed and self-funded 'Iron Lung' after larger studios passed on it.
- ▪The film is based on David Syzmanski's indie horror game of the same name.
- ▪'Iron Lung' had a strong theatrical performance, beating out notable films like Amazon's Melania Trump biopic.
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- ▪ Markipliers Iron Lung to stream on YouTube — Mashable
- ▪ Iron Lung Will Be Available to Watch on YouTube This Month — IGN — Top
- ▪ Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Set For May 31 Debut On YouTube — Deadline
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If you missed Iron Lung in the theater, or just want to see it again, good news: starting May 31, you can. That’s when the Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach-directed horror movie will come to YouTube. What’s more, it’ll be exclusively for the platform—fitting, since it’s where Markiplier’s career began and led to him making the film. And as he said during the Cannes panel where this was announced, “I’m pretty loyal to…
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