>Mega popular content creator **Markiplier** is looking to change the game for independent film distribution, and he kicked those doors down for himself earlier this year with his debut horror feature, ***Iron Lung***. The video game adaptation was self-distributed and scared up $49.9 million at the box office, making it one of the top 5 highest grossing horror movies this year.
>But when can you expect for *Iron Lung* to be available on digital, physical, and streaming? Well, it’s the nature of the self-distribution game that things are taking a bit longer than they would for a studio production, but Markiplier promises *Iron Lung* is coming home soon.
>Markplier’s plan? To not only get *Iron Lung* up for digital purchase on YouTube, but to also set up a new system within YouTube where other filmmakers can do the same with their films.
>Markiplier explains in a new video, “The reason *Iron Lung*‘s digital release has been taking so long is because I’ve been taking the extra steps to work out this deal where I can become this aggregator so that other people can benefit from it. That’s the goal. And that’s what I’ve been trying to do. And there’s a lot of legal loopholes to do it, and there’s a lot of setup to do it.”
>“But I’m on the final phase of setting that up. And that means that it’s almost ready,” Markiplier continues. “I’ll have the ability to get movies up for sale on YouTube.”
Die-Hearts on
Have we found out what the final gross is for the movie?
MrShadowKing2020 on
So basically, NOBODY is helping him.
Well, I’ve never bought a movie off YouTube before, but this is a good candidate for the first.
Jolly-Yellow7369 on
This guy creating revenue pathways while Hollywood is drowning in systems decades old. Like the old Hollywood star system. Give people what they want to see and don’t cast/hire based on contacts.
Accomplished-Head449 on
I didn’t like the movie but this is a huge step for independent filmmaking!
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>Mega popular content creator **Markiplier** is looking to change the game for independent film distribution, and he kicked those doors down for himself earlier this year with his debut horror feature, ***Iron Lung***. The video game adaptation was self-distributed and scared up $49.9 million at the box office, making it one of the top 5 highest grossing horror movies this year.
>But when can you expect for *Iron Lung* to be available on digital, physical, and streaming? Well, it’s the nature of the self-distribution game that things are taking a bit longer than they would for a studio production, but Markiplier promises *Iron Lung* is coming home soon.
>Markplier’s plan? To not only get *Iron Lung* up for digital purchase on YouTube, but to also set up a new system within YouTube where other filmmakers can do the same with their films.
>Markiplier explains in a new video, “The reason *Iron Lung*‘s digital release has been taking so long is because I’ve been taking the extra steps to work out this deal where I can become this aggregator so that other people can benefit from it. That’s the goal. And that’s what I’ve been trying to do. And there’s a lot of legal loopholes to do it, and there’s a lot of setup to do it.”
>“But I’m on the final phase of setting that up. And that means that it’s almost ready,” Markiplier continues. “I’ll have the ability to get movies up for sale on YouTube.”
Have we found out what the final gross is for the movie?
So basically, NOBODY is helping him.
Well, I’ve never bought a movie off YouTube before, but this is a good candidate for the first.
This guy creating revenue pathways while Hollywood is drowning in systems decades old. Like the old Hollywood star system. Give people what they want to see and don’t cast/hire based on contacts.
I didn’t like the movie but this is a huge step for independent filmmaking!