In case you missed it,Among Us is getting an animated TV show. Yes, really. It was announced last summer, surprising many, even as we see a boom in video game adaptations. Now, the story gets even wilder, as the first four actors attached to the project are revealed.
Among Us will star Randall Park as “Red”, Captain of The Skeld; Ashley Johnson as “Purple”, Chief of Security; Yvette Nicole Brown as “Orange”, HR; and Elijah Wood as “Green”, Unpaid Intern. It’s in the works over at CBS, with its animation wing, Eye Animation Productions, taking the helm.
These are the first four names attached to the show, so it’s not clear if every possible crewmate/imposter colour will get a character of their own. We also don’t know how the social deduction game will be stretched out into a multi-episode TV show, as we only got a brief synopsis when the news first dropped last summer.
“Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone. Root out the ‘Impostor’ or fall victim to its murderous designs.” - Official Among Us show description.
We do, however, have a sneak peek at what outfits the characters will look like, including what they’ll be wearing - an important part of any Among Us game.
Randall Park has starred in multipleMCUprojects, appearing as Jimmy Woo in two Ant-Man films and WandaVision. Ashley Johnson is best known in the gaming community for her voice acting and motion capture performances, but also recently featured inThe Last of Us' HBO adaptation. Yvette Nicole Brown has appeared in a range of shows, including Community, but also provided voice work forMinecraft: Story Mode. Finally, Elijah Wood is best known for playing Frodo inThe Lord of the Rings trilogybut has also done plenty of voice work in video games.
There’s no word on when Among Us will premiere, or what channel and streaming service it will be available on. In any case, it comes long after Among Us' initial rise to popularity during the pandemic, as thousands of players swarmed to the simple social education game over lockdown. According to the studio, the game still pulls in millions of players, which isn’t bad at all for a title made by three people, and launched all the way back in 2018. When the game blew up, the developer,Innersloth, was actually working on a sequel. It decided to scrap it in favour of ongoing support for Among Us in response to its new playerbase.
