Among Us Series Arrives
Star-studded Among Us animated series surprise-drops all 10 episodes on Paramount+
Paramount+ released all 10 episodes of its animated Among Us series in a surprise drop on June 5, after a Summer Game Fest announcement that featured a first-look trailer shared by stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson. The show adapts Innersloth’s 2018 social deduction hit into an interstellar mystery in which a shapeshifting impostor targets a crew of color-coded, colorful characters. Owen Dennis serves as creator and showrunner, with animation by Titmouse and development through CBS Studios. The series features a large star-studded voice cast, including Brown, Hewson, Elijah Wood, Ashley Johnson, Dan Stevens, Kimiko Glenn, Debra Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Randall Park, Phil LaMarr, and Wayne Knight. Production wrapped around 2024, and the quiet period ended with the current Paramount+ release. Early reviews describe the series as generally competent and sometimes funny, but somewhat predictable, with strengths often tied to character/color distinctions and standout voice performances.
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Variety reports additional behind-the-scenes leadership beyond Dennis and Titmouse: Dennis executive-produces alongside Forest Willard and Marcus Bromander, with Innersloth’s Carl Neisser also listed as an executive producer; Titmouse’s executive producers include Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina.
Variety also contextualizes the game’s scale at its peak—“nearly 500 million monthly active users,” “more than 4 billion views on YouTube,” and top rankings in “55 countries” on the App Store and “66 countries” on Google Play.
Mashable adds production/distribution history: CBS Studios announced the animated series in 2023, and in October 2024 Owen Dennis told Deadline the show was “all finished and wrapped in a bow,” before updates slowed as it sought distribution.
Mashable notes the game’s broader cultural penetration during the pandemic, saying streamers flocked to it and that even U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar joined in playing the impostor game.
Kotaku’s early review offers specific character readouts: Patton Oswalt’s “White” is described as a “stuck-up rich guy” who won a contest for a space ride; Yvette Nicole Brown’s “Orange” is portrayed as “deeply corporate-loyal” HR; and Randall Park’s “Red” is singled out as a “deeply incompetent captain” whose bumbling attempts drive much of the humor—Kotaku also says “one of these four dies fairly early on.”
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