Just like the dystopian present Squid Video games that impressed it, Beast Video games is getting a second season, regardless of a wave of controversy over the primary season of MrBeast’s Prime Video actuality competitors.
This week a casting name appeared on the Beast Video games web site asserting that contestant submissions are actually open for season two, which might be filming from Might to July 2025. A casting name was additionally posted on the official MrBeast casting web page on Instagram. The fact present, run by YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, is providing a $5,000,000 grand prize for rivals in its real-life rendition of Squid Recreation.
You may not wish to soar on that contestant utility, although. Season certainly one of Beast Video games broke a slew of Guinness world information, nevertheless it has additionally confronted important backlash after gamers reported unsafe, humiliating situations on set, together with harassment, an absence of meals, and even hospitalizations. Some contestants have even filed ongoing lawsuits towards MrBeast and Amazon.
On prime of all that, MrBeast himself admitted earlier this 12 months that making Beast Video games “was not monetary resolution.” Regardless of a rumored funds exceeding $100 million from Amazon, MrBeast reportedly paid tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} out of his personal pocket to make the present, with some particular person units costing upwards of $10 million to assemble.
As if unsafe contestant situations and funds troubles weren’t sufficient, season certainly one of Beast Video games was hit with opinions that, to place it kindly, had been combined. The present’s IMDb web page consists of overview headline gems like “Contestants make me doubt humanity’s future,” “Good watch however nauseating,” and “Religion misplaced in humanity.”
Even on a fundamental manufacturing degree, it is onerous to not see Beast Video games as little greater than an extended YouTube video. It is jarring and at instances unnerving to observe, even if you happen to like Squid Video games, particularly as a result of the tales of gamers competing in a actuality present to flee poverty aren’t fictional in Beast Video games.
Nonetheless, it appears the primary season’s troubles weren’t sufficient to beat back a sophomore season. Hopefully the MrBeast staff learns from their errors in season one or, on the very least, remembers to feed their gamers just a few instances a day this time round.
