US EditionJames Patterson & MrBeast Penning Thriller Novel; TV & Film Rights Attracting Serious Heat
- An eight-figure bidding war has erupted over the rights to a thriller novel by James Patterson and MrBeast, according to Deadline.
- The novel might be titled The Most Dangerous Game and is said to have elements reminiscent of Squid Game, reflecting MrBeast's YouTube content.
- This novel marks MrBeast's first foray into literature, while it will be one of many for Patterson, who has a reputation for collaborations.
- Earlier this year, MrBeast's Prime Video series Beast Games became the platform's most-watched unscripted show with 50 million views in 25 days, as reported by Deadline.
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James Patterson and MrBeast Team Up for Thriller Novel About 'Deadly Tests Held in Dangerous Locations Around the World'
The novel will be MrBeast's first and is reportedly described as having 'shades of 'Squid Game' 'Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Jon Kopaloff/Getty (L-R) James Patterson and Mr.BeastMrBeast is getting ready to create a new kind of spectacle offscreen.The YouTuber, who currently has the most subscribed channel on the platform with 379 million subscribers, has teamed up with James Patterson to release a new thriller novel, Deadline reports.Accordi…
MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson
MrBeast teamed up with Alex Cross author James Patterson to co-write a thriller novel with Squid Game-like elements, according to a report from Deadline. The upcoming book, which doesn’t have a title yet, has reportedly fetched eight-figure bids for the publishing rights. The book’s logline, which reads, “Players fight to survive deadly tests held in dangerous locations around the world, as they battle to become ‘The One,’” sounds exactly like s…
MrBeast Starts a New Chapter as a James Patterson Co-Author
Jimmy Donaldson, better known on YouTube as MrBeast, has co-written a thriller novel with author James Patterson. The book is reportedly already at the center of an eight-figure bidding war for publishing rights.
James Patterson & MrBeast Penning Thriller Novel; TV & Film Rights Attracting Serious Heat
EXCLUSIVE: An eight-figure bidding war has broken out on the rights to a new thriller novel from the unlikely pairing of James Patterson and MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson. Deadline understands that book world’s highest grossing author, Patterson, and YouTube’s biggest star, MrBeast, have jointly penned the novel, which has shades of Squid Game. We hear […]
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