MrBeast and James Patterson Are 'Writing' a Novel

Not content with dominating YouTube, torturing people for money, or irrevocably poisoning the entirety of modern pop culture, MrBeast has decided to get into the novel-writing business. Well, ‘writing’ is a strong word here. You can’t expect any self-respecting tyrant to write his own novel. No, Jimmy’s got to meet his ‘emotionally destroy poor saps for content’ quota. So, he’s teaming up with another guy who’s big in the ‘doesn’t write his own books’ market.

According to Deadline, an ‘eight-figure bidding war has broken out’ over the rights to this collaboration between Jimmy Donaldson and James Patterson. The book has been described as having shades of Squid Game and might be titled The Most Dangerous Game, which is the name of one of the most influential adventure thrillers of all time. So yeah, big originality points here. It’s no wonder that Jimmy is big on continuing to rip off Squid Game since his monstrously nasty Amazoon reality show was basically, ‘Hey, what if we ripped off that really popular Korean show but missed all of the themes about the evils of capitalism and exploiting the masses for personal gain?’

I’m not surprised that Jimmy is expanding his terrifying reach into publishing. Plenty of YouTubers have ghost-written book deals that sold well because their fans are ride-or-die, and he’s the most popular person on that platform. I’m also not surprised that James Patterson, a ruthlessly efficient businessman with an endless assembly line of ghost-written novels and a penchant for celebrity collaborations, like Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, would get his foot in the door here. And I’m sure it’ll sell well, then get turned into a movie, then inspire a ton of MrBeast videos where he finds new ways to exploit people’s pain and financial insecurity for clicks. Really, it seems to be the only thing that makes this personality-free charisma hole of a human being smile. Maybe he can find a way to ensure the people printing his crap are denied toilet breaks and much-needed medication just to add another few dollars to his name. Or ensure all the food served to them is mouldy. Keep it on brand.

I don’t like this creep, can you tell?