In a collaboration that feels ripped from the simulation, MrBeast — YouTube’s reigning king of high-stakes philanthro-tainment — is partnering with thriller juggernaut James Patterson to launch a novel.
Sure, you learn that proper. After a bidding battle reportedly pushing into eight-figure territory, the mega-creator is making his literary debut with Patterson below the HarperCollins banner. Per Deadline, the ebook is a high-octane thriller centered on a world, life-or-death competitors with a billion-dollar prize dangling on the finish. In different phrases: a MrBeast video, however with chapters.
Deadline’s supply claims the working title in the meanwhile is The Most Harmful Recreation — a not-so-subtle nod to the basic Richard Connell quick story a couple of man hunted for sport by a rich Russian. That’s not confirmed, nonetheless, and it seems different titles are into consideration.
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The ebook’s premise additionally wouldn’t be far off from what some contestants claimed they endured on MrBeast’s Amazon-backed sport present, Beast Video games. Forward of the present’s launch final yr, contributors alleged that Donaldson’s group subjected them to “harmful circumstances and circumstances.”
Nonetheless, controversy and authorized threats haven’t derailed the MrBeast hype engine. In a press release by way of United Expertise Company, Donaldson mentioned he’s lengthy needed to interrupt into fiction — and it was his reps who related him with Patterson.
The Alex Cross writer turned out to be a pure match for the form of story Donaldson had in thoughts. Collectively, they landed on an idea tailor-made completely to the MrBeast model: high-stakes, high-drama, and engineered for optimum spectacle.