The “Among Us” series has secured its cast. Randall Park, Ashely Johnson, Yvette Nicole Brown and Elijah Wood are set to star in the upcoming animated series from CBS Studios and Innersloth.
Park (“Fresh Off the Boat,” “Always Be My Maybe”) will play the role of Red, the Captain of the Skeld, a people-pleasing blowhard. Johnson (“The Last of Us”) will portray Chief of Security Purple, who is described as a suspicious, sarcastic wet blanket. Brown (“Community,” “Avengers: Endgame”) will take on the role of a HR employee described as a “spineless corporate shill” who is determined to “eliminate redundancy, redundantly.” Finally, Wood (“The Lord of the Rings,” “Wilfred”) will portray Green, an unpaid intern who’s paid in pizza and just happy to be there.
“Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone. Discover the ‘Impostor’ or fall victim to its murderous intents,” the logline for the series reads.
The upcoming series comes from Owen Dennis, who serves as the series’ creator and an executive producer. Dennis is best known for creating the critically acclaimed “Infinity Train.” The series ran for two seasons on Cartoon Network before going to the streamer formerly known as HBO Max for Seasons 3 and 4. “Among Us” falls under Dennis’ overall deal with CBS Studios.
Additionally, Forest Willard, Marcus Bromander and Carl Neisser are in charge of the animated series’ production for Innersloth. Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina will oversee the production of the series for Titmouse.
Originally launched in 2018, “Among Us” became a huge success during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to its simple premise, appealing graphics and the system that encouraged friends to play with each other. In the last quarter of 2020 alone, “Among Us” had over 500 million monthly active users as well as more than 4 billion views on YouTube and 1.22 billion viewing sessions on Twitch. In October of that year, “Among Us” was at the top spot on Google Play in 66 countries and on iOS in 55 countries.
