In a collaboration that feels ripped from the simulation, mrbeast-YouTube’s reigning king of high-stakes philantro-tainment-is Partnering with thriller juggernaut james patterson to release a novel,
Yes, you read that right. After a bidding war reportedly pushing into eight-forward territory, the mega-creditor is making his literary debut with patterson under the harpercollins banner. Per deadlineThe book is a high-octane thriller center on a global, life-or-deeth competition with a billion-dollar prize Dangling at the end. In other words: a mrbeast video, but with chapters.
Deadline’s source claims the working title at the moment is The most dangerous game -A Not-SO-SUBTLE NOD to the Classic Richard Connell Short Story About a Man Hunted for Sport by a Wealthy Russian. That is not confirmed, however, and it appears other titles are under Consideration.
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The book’s Premise also would be far off from what some contestants claimed they endure on mrbeast’s amazon-backed game show, Beast GamesAhead of the show’s release last year, Participants alleged that Donaldson’s Team Subjected Them to “Dangerous Circumstans and Conditions.”
Still, Controversy and Legal Threats Haven’T derailed the MRbeast Hype Engine. In a statement via united talent agency, donaldson said he’s long wanted to break into fiction – and it was reps who connected he with patterson.
The Alex Cross Author Turned out to be a natural match for the kind of story donaldson had in mind. Togeether, they landed on a concept tailored perfectly to the mrbeast brand: high-stakes, high-drama, and engineered for maximum spectacle.