James Donaldson, aka MrBeast aka that YouTuber who does bizarre charity movies aka that man who bought me a horrible burger, is reportedly near signing an estimated $100 million take care of Amazon to create a contest sequence on the corporate’s Prime Video streaming service.
In accordance with a brand new report from Puck Information, the 25-year-old content material creator’s staff went out lately and pitched a present to streaming platforms. Apparently, in response to Puck Information, Amazon gained the bidding struggle and is now near signing a take care of MrBeast—who has 233 million subscribers on YouTube—that may doubtlessly be value round $100 million.
Particular particulars in regards to the TV present aren’t recognized but, however one supply advised Puck Information that it’s a contest present and that the primary episode of the sequence will premiere on MrBeast’s common YouTube channel. After that, future episodes shall be out there solely on Prime Video. It’s additionally reported that different manufacturers shall be part of the sequence, which can possible assist Amazon pay for the costly present. That’s assuming the deal is finalized.
It’s not stunning in any respect that streaming platforms—who’re hungry for content material and have to inflate their numbers in an enormous means as a lot of them hold shedding cash—could be open to a take care of MrBeast. The content material creator’s Squid Sport-inspired competitors present on YouTube was an enormous hit. And his movies the place he helps blind folks see for the primary time have racked up lots of of hundreds of thousands of views, too, even when there’s loads of controversy round his charitable movies and what number of discover them exploitative and gross.
All this success has led to MrBeast increasing his empire, beginning with MrBeast Burger in 2020, which served up some nasty meals, so nasty in reality that MrBeast himself sued the corporate. The corporate then circled and sued him again. His most up-to-date enterprise is a line of sweet bars.
I ate one. It was high quality. I’d prefer to not have to consider MrBeast anymore.
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