Patton Oswalt (We All Scream), Debra Wilson (MADtv), Phil LaMarr (MADtv) and Wayne Knight (Seinfeld) round out the voice cast for Among Us, an animated series based on the highly popular game, from CBS Studios, Innersloth, and creator Owen Dennis (Infinity Train). They join previously announced Randall Park, Ashley Johnson, Yvette Nicole Brown, Elijah Wood, Dan Stevens, Liv Hewson and Kimiko Glenn. CBS Studios‘ animation arm Eye Animation Productions is currently developing the project in partnership with Innersloth, the independent studio behind the game.
The series is created and executive produced by Dennis, who is under an overall deal at CBS Studios. No network or streamer is currently attached.
Per the logline, the series is based on the game’s premise: “Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone.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.”
Character details below:
Oswalt will voice ‘White’ – Contest Winner
No trauma, no drama
Task: Someone else will get to it.
Fun Fact: wealth can be a personality trait
Wilson will voice ‘Yellow’ – Ship Cook #1
Indignant, opinionated, prankster
Task: pizza
Fun Fact: Best friends with Brown
LaMarr will voice ‘Brown’- Ship Cook #2
Chill, supportive, accountable
Task: also pizza
Fun Fact: Best friends with Yellow
Knight will voice ‘Lime’ – Engineer
Doomsday prepper, conspiracy theorist
Task: Getting stuff pretty much mostly fixed-ish
Fun Fact: Afraid of intimacy
Titmouse will serve as the animation studio. Dennis executive produces with Forest Willard, Marcus Bromander, and Carl Neisser of Innersloth, along with Titmouse’s Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina.
Among Us is hugely popular. The game, which launched in 2018, 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 during Q4 2020. In October 2020, Among Us was No. 1 on Google Play in 66 countries, Top 100 in all countries except 2. It was also No. 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.