MrBeast teamed up with Alex Cross creator James Patterson to co-write a thriller novel with Squid Sport-like parts, in line with a report from Deadline. The upcoming guide, which doesn’t have a title but, has reportedly fetched eight-figure bids for the publishing rights.
The guide’s logline, which reads, “Gamers struggle to outlive lethal checks held in harmful places around the globe, as they battle to change into ‘The One,’” sounds precisely like one thing the favored YouTuber, whose actual identify is Jimmy Donaldson, could be concerned in.
MrBeast has leaned into the Squid Sport style as of late, with a lot of his viral YouTube movies revolving round numerous video games and challenges, like pitting 100 youngsters towards 100 adults, and having a YouTuber battle royale. He most not too long ago 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 conditions.
Sources inform Deadline that the movie and TV rights to the novel are additionally already being shopped. Patterson has change into recognized for collaborating with authors like Candice Fox, Maxine Paetro, JD Barker, and others. He even labored with former President Invoice Clinton to pen the guide The President Is Lacking.