Markiplier to direct and star in Iron Lung film adaptation

Mark Edward “Markiplier” Fischbach, veteran YouTuber who first gained fame streaming indie horror games like Amnesia, The Dark DescentYou can also find out more about the following: Five Nights at Freddy’sOne of these horror games will soon be brought to the screen by. Iron Lung, a 2022 underwater survival horror game set on a submarine, appeared in a Let’s Play on Markiplier’s channel shortly after its debut. On Friday, Deadline reported that the YouTuber will use “his own script” to adapt, direct, and star in the film version of Iron Lung.

There was an unexpected hint at this news last February, when Iron Lung’s creator David Szymanski posted about an Iron Lung movie on Twitter. His description made the project sound like a dream rather than a reality; Szymanski jokingly referred to his game’s nameless protagonist as “John Iron Lung,” stating that Markiplier would take on that lead role. The tweet also cited Andrew Hulshult as the film’s composer, a piece of news that also turned out to be real. (Szymanski’s announcement that the YouTuber Jacksepticeye would appear in the film as “The Fish” has yet to be confirmed.)

Caroline Kaplan (The Plot to Attack America, The ProofMarkiplier will also produce the film with Will Hyde, Jeff Guerrero and others. Markiplier will also be self-financing this film.

This is the first trailer. Iron LungAbove, you can see an interior shot of the sub from the game. Throughout the trailer, a voiceover plays on the submarine’s radio, describing the craft’s journey to “maximum depth” in its underwater voyage. The shot pans over from the video game version of the sub’s interior to a live-action recreation of the set.

Szymanski’s personal Twitter account has been updated with more information about the film since the announcement. This includes the fact that it is a symbiosis of two films. “a separate canon” from the gameIt is a fact that it will be feature-length.