MrBeast is bringing his over-the-top YouTube competitions to tv in a forthcoming new recreation present on Amazon Prime Video. The YouTube creator, whose actual identify is Jimmy Donaldson, introduced the present on Monday in a submit on X. Known as “Beast Video games,” based on Donaldson, it should characteristic 1,000 contestants vying for a grand prize of $5 million—believed to be the biggest single prize in tv historical past.
He shared extra particulars in regards to the present throughout an interview with YouTubers Colin and Samir.
Donaldson is likely one of the most adopted creators on YouTube, with over 245 million subscribers, and is understood for doing recreation present competitions on his channel. One among his hottest movies is the recreation of the hit Netflix present, Squid Recreation, which has amassed a viewership of over 588 million views—though the video didn’t come with out backlash. He’s additionally invited different YouTube stars to take part within the “Creator Video games,” having them play video games like rock-paper-scissors and hide-and-seek. This too additionally drew ire from a former contestant, YouTuber Rosanna Pansino, who says she was edited to make it seem to be she did worse than she did.
The brand new present “will look nothing like a standard recreation present. It’s going to have the Beast really feel however simply make it extra high-budget,” Donaldson stated within the interview, including that he went with Amazon as a result of they’re giving him full inventive management. On the sport present, he’ll function each host and the manager producer. In a press release supplied to Selection, he stated, “My objective is to make the best present doable and show YouTubers and creators can succeed on different platforms.” He continued, “Amazon gave me the inventive management I must attempt to make it occur. I hope to make the YouTube group proud.”
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The top of tv at Amazon MGM Studios additionally expressed her enthusiasm for MrBeast’s present in a press release to Selection: “MrBeast has captured the eye and creativeness of followers of all ages, from all walks of life, and everywhere in the world. We’re excited to work with Jimmy and his gifted staff to convey his sensible, high-production, and stakes-raising ideas to Beast Video games for our world clients to expertise.”
