Today on The Colin &amp; Samir Show we sit down with Markiplier and YouTube&#x27;s Tim Katz, live from the Fox Studios lot in front of 650 creators at Press Publish LA: The Hollywood Creator Summit.<br>After more than 15 years building one of YouTube&#x27;s most personal channels, Markiplier put Hollywood on notice with Iron Lung, the horror film he financed, wrote, directed, and starred in. The film pulled in close to $52 million in theaters and is now on YouTube. We get into why he treated a feature film like a YouTube video, what he learned leading a hundred-person crew, why he stays his own harshest critic, and how he sees this collision of YouTube and Hollywood playing out for creators.<br>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Markiplier Breaks Down His $50M Movie Live

The Colin and Samir Show

[SPEAKER_00] Our guest today is Markiplier, better known as Markiplier. We sat down with him and YouTube's Tim Katz at the Fox Studios lot in Los Angeles in front of over 650 creators during our event, Press Publish LA, The Hollywood Creator Summit. We threw this event because we are at a true convergence moment right now between YouTube and Hollywood, and we couldn't think of a better person to sit down with than Markiplier. He's a YouTuber in the truest sense who uploaded his first video to the platform over 15 years ago, but more recently he made headlines after self-financing, directing, and starring

[SPEAKER_00] in his indie horror film, Iron Lung. The success of the film turned heads in Hollywood and it marked the beginning of a new era for creators. We get into what this moment on YouTube means, what it takes to go from YouTuber to filmmaker, and what the future of Hollywood may look like now that creators are getting involved. Before we get into the conversation, I just want to say a big thank you to YouTube for coming in as a title sponsor for Press Publish LA. We've been on YouTube for 16 years, so having them back this event and believe in what we're building was truly

[SPEAKER_00] a full circle moment. They brought out a ton of their team members to help answer questions from creators. They had sessions about the future of YouTube, and they helped us surprise everyone in the room with Markiplier.

[SPEAKER_04] Mark, you've been on YouTube for a very long time. You recently made a movie. Yes. Iron Lung.

[SPEAKER_02] Yes.

[SPEAKER_04] A lot of chatter in this town about that movie.

[SPEAKER_02] Good chatter?

Markiplier Breaks Down His $50M Movie Live

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Markiplier Breaks Down His $50M Movie Live

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.