Elijah Wood, Randall Park, Ashley Johnson, and Yvette Nicole Brown have been cast in the animated Among Us series.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Park (WandaVision, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) will voice Red, the “people-pleasing, blowhard captain of the Skeld ship,” in the upcoming Among Us series, which is based on the popular video game that was created in 2018 and then became immensely popular during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Johnson (The Last of Us video game, The Legend of Vox Machina), meanwhile, will voice Purple, the “suspicious and sarcastic head of security,” while Brown (Community) plays Orange, who is the head of HR.
Wood (The Lord of the Rings, Yellowjackets), meanwhile, voices Green, an unpaid intern aboard the ship.
What else do we know about the animated Among Us Series?
CBS Studios’ Eye Animation and Innersloth began developing an animated Among Us series in 2023. Infinity Train creator Owen Dennis is serving as the series creator and executive producer, while Titmouse is providing the animation. Forest Willard, Marcus Bromander, Carl Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina also serve as executive producers.
No network or streamer is currently attached to the project, though Variety reported in January 2023 that those “conversations are said to be ongoing.”
Plot details for the series remain under wraps at this time, though it will seemingly involve a similar premise as the game. The Hollywood Reporter’s article states, “The crew of a spaceship tries to find an alien shapeshifter who’s impersonating and killing crew members.”
CBS and Innersloth released a teaser image for the Among Us series earlier this year with a caption that reads, “Patient Crewmates are rewarded with a pizza party (totally safe) (not a trap). Work on the [Among Us animated] show is progressing nicely!!!”
The Among Us series does not have an official release date at this time.
