Update (6/9) - Official Paramount+ press release:
EMERGENCY MEETING! PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL ANIMATED SERIES AMONG US MAKES SURPRISE JUNE 5 PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT AT SUMMER GAME FEST
Produced by CBS Studios and Innersloth, All Ten Episodes Streaming Now Exclusively on Paramount+
- June 5, 2026 - Calling all Crewmates! Paramount+ today revealed the surprise premiere of its new original animated series Among Us, announced live at Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles. Created by Owen Dennis and produced by CBS Studios and Innersloth, all ten episodes are now available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
- The announcement was made on stage by series stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson during the global livestream event. Fans in attendance and watching worldwide were also treated to a first-look at the official trailer.
- Among Us follows a group of eccentric, monochromatic Crewmates of a ship transporting junk across the galaxy who must root out an Impostor in their midst before they fall victim to its villainous designs. The series is based on the globally popular multiplayer social deception game of the same name.
- The voice cast includes Yvette Nicole Brown as “Orange,” Kimiko Glenn as “Cyan,” Liv Hewson as “Black,” Ashley Johnson as “Purple,” Wayne Knight as “Lime,” Phil LaMarr as “Brown,” Randall Park as “Red,” Dan Stevens as “Blue,” Debra Wilson as “Yellow” and “Computer,” Elijah Wood as “Green” and Patton Oswalt as “White.”
- Among Us is created by Owen Dennis, who also serves as executive producer alongside Forest Willard and Marcus Bromander, and Carl Neisser for Innersloth. Titmouse will serve as the animation studios, with executive producers Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina.
- The Among Us game became a global phenomenon, reaching nearly 500 million monthly active users at its peak in Q4 2020. The game generated more than 4 billion views on YouTube and over 1.22 billion viewing sessions on Twitch. In October 2020 alone, it ranked #1 on Google Play in 66 countries and #1 on iOS in 55 countries, with Top 100 placements in nearly every market worldwide.
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