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Among Us Animated Show Casts Ashley Johnson, Elijah Wood, Randall Park, And Yvette Nicole Brown
The Among Us animated series being developed at CBS Studios has found its Purple, Green, Red, and Orange crewmembers in Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Randall Park (Ant-Man, Always Be My Maybe), and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community, Drake & Josh).
The official Among Us X account (formerly Twitter) announced this news today with a tweet showing what each of these crewmembers will look like in the show.
🎬 Meet some of the cast for our upcoming #AmongUsAnimated show!!! 🎬
— Among Us (@AmongUsGame) March 15, 2024
ROUND 1:
⭐️ Ashley Johnson - Purple
⭐️ @elijahwood - Green
⭐️ Randall Park - Red
⭐️ @YNB - Orange pic.twitter.com/XgUf4FDVYe
Variety has more details about these crewmembers, including quick descriptions of each:
Red – Captain of The Skeld
- People-pleaser, blowhard
- Task: leadership, confidence
- Fun fact: failed upwards
Purple – Chief of Security
- Safety, suspicion, sarcasm
- Task: wet blanket
- Fun fact: trust issues
Orange – HR
- Spineless corporate shill
- Task: eliminate redundancy, redundantly
- Fun fact: fires you over email
Green – Unpaid Intern
- Happy to be there
- Task: whatever they're told
- Fun fact: gets paid in pizza
Big Mouth and Star Trek: Lower Decks studio Titmouse is the animation studio for this series, which has Owen Dennis as the show's creator and executive producer.
"Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone," the CBS series logline reads, according to Variety. "Root out the 'Impostor' or fall victim to its murderous designs."
Variety reports that there is no network or streamer attached to the show.
Are you excited about this Among Us animated series? Let us know in the comments below!
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