The Among Us animated series has revealed the official cast of actors that will be voicing the various characters on the show. CBS Studios revealed that the cast will consist of The Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood, actress Ashley Johnson who is best known for voicing Ellie in The Last of Us, Always Be My Maybe‘s Randall Park and Yvette Nicole Brown from Community.
The Among Us animated series was first announced back in June 2023 in a collaboration between CBS Eye Animation and Innersloth, the developer behind the game. Owen Dennis, best known for working on the Cartoon Network series Infinity Train, will oversee the project as its creator and executive producer. Animation will be handled by Titmouse, best known for doing the animation on Big Mouth and Star Trek: Lower Decks.
The series will be based on the game’s premise, following a spaceship’s crew members who conspire to identify an imposter in their ranks while trying to maintain the ship. Variety published a list of characteristics for each member:
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
Earlier this year, Innersloth dropped a teaser image from the animated series which shows one of its settings:
patient Crewmates are rewarded with a pizza party (totally safe) (not a trap) #AmongUsAnimated
work on the show is progressing!!! 💪 pic.twitter.com/1aF3qfr0mH
— Among Us (@AmongUsGame) January 31, 2024
The Among Us animated series doesn’t have a release date yet.
Source: Variety
