Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson is teaming up with Amazon MGM Studios to create his own full-fledged reality TV show: Beast games. The game show competition pits “over 1,000” contestants against each other for a chance to win a $5 million cash prize, according to a press release. Beast games There’s no release window yet, but it will be released worldwide exclusively on Amazon’s Prime Video service.
Donaldson is set to host and serve as executive producer of the show. We don’t have many other details about the competition, but a release said it would be based on his YouTube show.
“My goal is to make the best show possible and prove that creators and creators can be successful on other platforms,” Donaldson said in a press release. “Amazon gave me the creative control I needed to make it happen. I hope to make the YouTube community proud.”
Donaldson has built a massive YouTube audience by sharing over-the-top stunt content. At the time of publication, his YouTube channel had over 245 million subscribers. True to the nature of its previous content, this show seems to offer more than some previous projects. The show will be the “biggest reality competition series of all time” with the “largest single prize in the history of television and streaming,” according to a description of the show.
The announcement is the next twist in a series of events that seemingly began with Netflix’s viral hit. Squid games
Donaldson was not involved in the creation of the Netflix reality show, but rather a contributor on X He said he “probably could have helped them tremendously” with this. Time will tell whether he can actually live up to this statement Beast games.
