Beast Games will feature a $5 million prize pool and a thousand contestants. It’s also Mr Beast’s biggest project ever
Mr. Beast is all set for his first traditional TV series as he announced a deal with Amazon MGM studios today. The new ‘Beast Games’ will feature 1000 contestants battling it out for a $5 million cash payout.
Big news gamers I’m going to be filming the largest game show in history and releasing it on Prime Video! Over 1,000 contestants, $5,000,000 prize, and many other world records
What is Mr. Beast’s Prime Video Show Called?
Mr. Beast’s Prime Video Show is called Beast Games. He promises it will be the largest game show in history and the largest cash prize in history.
Amazon will give us the most creative control and other platforms … didn’t.
When will Beast Games release?
Beast Games should release in November or December of 2024. We will update this article as more information becomes available.
Creating his own show will allow Mr. Beast greater creative control than YouTube show. As he steps into a new format, after many years of - successfully - creating YouTube videos, Mr Beast's foray into creating shows is an altogether different challenge.
He says they are reinventing everything when it comes to producing a show. The length of the entire show would be more than six hours whereas, Mr. Beast's videos on YouTube traditionally average around twenty minutes. As the team is looking to reinvent how to approach the core principles of creating content - making changes to a formula that has been a massive hit for them - it will be interesting to see what kind of show it will take shape as.
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Is Beast Games a Reality TV show?
There are things that Game shows do well and then there are things that they don't.
Mr. Beast clearly has some ideas on how to develop the Beast Games show. The unscripted shows require a lot of talent and precision timing to ensure that they capture the essence of the moment. Sometimes Game Shows skip certain crucial moments in the show and that can result in missed moments. However, Mr Beast might implement some better angles and cut scenes to make the shows more relatable.
As is the case with any of Mr. Beast's videos, the set will be massive - it will be a huge set that encapsulates the true essence of the biggest game show in history.
How much does an average Mr. Beast cost?
Mr Beast mentioned that the average production cost of a video is around $2.1 million. If you add in the salaries and other costs, it would add up to $3.5 million per YouTube video.
Mr. Beast is not abandoning YouTube. In fact, in the podcast above, he mentions that they will upload more videos this year compared to 2023. At the same time, they will also be diligently working on creating Beast Games - the Amazon show.
What is Mr. Beast's net worth?
Mr. Beast's net worth is around $500 million. His first YouTube video was uploaded on February 12, 2024 - a video that seems extremely innocent compared to his more recent uploads. It was a Twelve-minute video focusing on Minecraft.
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