Joe Rogan may have talked his way into a future MrBeast zombie survival show, after a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience turned into an unusually detailed production meeting about undead contestants, abandoned streets, and very expensive chaos.
The idea started with Rogan pitching a competition set in a deserted city, where players would spend their days gathering supplies and building defenses before waves of zombies appeared at night. It did not stay casual for long. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, quickly began treating the pitch less like a joke and more like a budget line item.
How did Joe Rogan pitch the zombie competition?
Rogan’s original setup was simple enough: drop contestants into an abandoned city and force them to survive. During the day, they would complete challenges, collect resources, and prepare for nightfall. After dark, the zombies would come out, because apparently sleep was not invited to this format.
From there, the discussion shifted into the practical stuff that can turn a stunt from impossible to just wildly expensive. Donaldson estimated that transforming an abandoned city into a post-apocalyptic game zone could cost somewhere between $5 million and $10 million.
He also suggested raising the prize money for every day contestants managed to survive. To keep the game from becoming people hiding in corners for a week, he floated the idea of daily objectives that would make each night more dangerous.
