MrBeast’s Controversial ‘Beast Games’ First Trailer, Premiere Date Revealed

MrBeast‘s controversial, lawsuit-ridden Beast Games is premiering next month. On Monday, the YouTuber shared the trailer for the reality competition show and announced it will air on Prime Video on Dec. 19.

“I spent over a year creating this 10-episode competition series, breaking 40 world records, building the craziest sets in entertainment history, featuring 1,000 players, and a $5,000,000 grand prize!” MrBeast wrote. “This show will blow your mind.”

“Start the timer!” MrBeast declares in a mic before the teaser trailer flashes clips of a Squid Games-esque competition show featuring a thousand contestants as they attempt to win the cash prize. “Witness a competition show like no other.”

The teaser reveal comes about two months after five former contestants of Beast Games filed a class action lawsuit against the show’s production company.

The lawsuit arrived the same day Rolling Stone published an investigation, where former contestants described unsafe work conditions and chaos. The complaint accused MrB2024 of having “shamelessly exploited the labor” of the hundreds of contestants and mischaracterizing their participation on the show to avoid employment obligations — including fair pay and mandatory meal and rest breaks — under California law.

It claimed that contestants suffered “unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful” work conditions, including being “fed sporadically and sparsely,” and that women were subjected to sexual harassment.

Another claim in the suit said that the “insufficient caloric intake” provided “endangered the health” of contestants. (One contestant who spoke with Rolling Stone said they received a single “scoop of rice” on their 15-minute break over a 16-hour shift. Another PA alleged that “catering ran out of food a bunch of times.”)