CBS Studios and game developer Innersloth today announced that Randall Park (Fresh Off The Boat), Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) and Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings film trilogy) have been cast to voice characters in Among Us, the new animated series based on the wildly popular social deception game.
The show is being produced by Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ animation arm, in association with Innersloth, with animation provided by Titmouse. Owen Dennis (Infinity Train) is series creator and executive producer. Also executive producing are Forest Willard, Marcus Bromander and Carl Neisser for Innersloth, Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina for Titmouse.
Meet the Crew
Randall Park as Red — Captain of The Skeld
People-pleaser, blowhard
Task: leadership, confidence
Fun Fact: failed upwards
Ashley Johnson as Purple — Chief of Security
Safety, suspicion, sarcasm
Task: wet blanket
Fun Fact: trust issues
Yvette Nicole Brown as Orange — HR
Spineless corporate shill
Task: eliminate redundancy, redundantly
Fun Fact: fires you over email
Elijah Wood as Green — Unpaid Intern
Happy to be there
Task: whatever they’re told
Fun Fact: gets paid in pizza
During Q4 of 2020 alone, Among Us had over 500 million monthly active users, with more than 4 billion views on YouTube and more than 1.22 billion viewing sessions on Twitch. In October 2020, Among Us was #1 on Google Play in 66 countries, Top 100 in all countries except 2. It was also #1 on iOS in 55 countries, Top 100 in all countries except 14. The game recently released a new map (The Fungle) and continues to boast millions of players daily.
