The movie was a major success, raking in over $50 million at the box office. The film also established most of the young director's characters and worked out well for all involved.

Ripley has been working on new content since 2016, including an adult novel with original character story co-written by popular video game writer James E. Deen, who is best known for writing high school stories for games like Undertale. In early 2017, he started work on a non-fiction work