Inside Iceland's Hit Parody of Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse Film

The film has been viewed over 6 million times in less than a week since its release

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Welcome to “the Icelandverse.” In just five days, tourism board Visit Iceland’s lampooning of Meta’s launch video featuring Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been viewed over six million times, having taken only a matter of days to pitch, produce and distribute.

Featuring the country’s “chief visionary officer” Zack Mossbergsson (actor Jorunder Ragnarsson) and shot in one day just after a snowstorm at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, the film has been covered by media outlets all around the world.

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