Among Us, the popular mobile video game (and the bane of Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion), has had an animated series adaptation in the works at CBS Studios. That project appears to have been steadily moving forward, as Variety reported today that four well-known actors have signed up to lend their vocal talents to the production.
According to the trade, Elijah Wood (Yellowjackets, Lord of the Rings), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community, Inside Out 2), Randall Park (WandaVision, Blue Eye Samurai), and Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us, Critical Role) will star in the series, and shared their character descriptions as well.
Before we get to those, here’s the logline of the show, which might be helpful to those who haven’t played the game (though if you’ve played Mafia or Werewolf before, you already know the premise):
Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone.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.
Here are the descriptions of the actors’ characters, per Variety:
Randall Park will voice ‘Red’ – Captain of The Skeld
People-pleaser, blowhard
Task: leadership, confidence
Fun Fact: failed upwards
Ashley Johnson will voice ‘Purple’ – Chief of Security
Safety, suspicion, sarcasm
Task: wet blanket
Fun Fact: trust issues
Yvette Nicole Brown will voice ‘Orange’ – HR
Spineless corporate shill
Task: eliminate redundancy, redundantly
Fun Fact: fires you over email
Elijah Wood will voice ‘Green’ – Unpaid Intern
Happy to be there
Task: whatever they’re told
Fun Fact: gets paid in pizza
There’s no news yet on when the series will make its way to a television screen near you (and we also currently don’t know what network/streamer the show will host the crew).
