MrBeast teamed up with Alex Cross creator James Patterson to co-write a thriller novel with Squid Recreation-like components, in keeping with a report from Deadline. The upcoming e-book, which doesn’t have a title but, has reportedly fetched eight-figure bids for the publishing rights.
The e-book’s logline, which reads, “Gamers struggle to outlive lethal assessments held in harmful places all over the world, as they battle to develop into ‘The One,’” sounds precisely like one thing the favored YouTuber, whose actual title is Jimmy Donaldson, can be concerned in.
MrBeast has leaned into the Squid Recreation style as of late, with lots of his viral YouTube movies revolving round numerous video games and challenges, like pitting 100 children towards 100 adults, and having a YouTuber battle royale. He most just lately labored with Amazon’s Prime Video to debut the competitors actuality present Beast Video games, which had contestants compete for $5 million in reportedly questionable situations.
Sources inform Deadline that the movie and TV rights to the novel are additionally already being shopped. Patterson has develop into identified for collaborating with authors like Candice Fox, Maxine Paetro, JD Barker, and others. He even labored with former President Invoice Clinton to pen the e-book The President Is Lacking.