Report: Mr Beast Nearing $100 Million TV Deal With Amazon

James Donaldson, aka MrBeast aka that YouTuber who does weird charity videos aka that guy who sold me a terrible burger, is reportedly close to signing an estimated $100 million deal with Amazon to create a competition series on the company’s Prime Video streaming service.

According to a new report from Puck News, the 25-year-old content creator’s team went out recently and pitched a show to streaming platforms. Apparently, according to Puck News, Amazon won the bidding war and is now close to signing a deal with MrBeast—who has 233 million subscribers on YouTube—that would potentially be worth around $100 million.

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I ate one. It was fine. I’d like to not have to think about MrBeast anymore.

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