Among Us is being turned into an animated series

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By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

Among Us, the popular social deduction game, is being adapted into an animated series at CBS Studios, according to a report from Variety.

Here’s the general idea of what you can expect from the show, from Variety — it sounds like, well, an adaptation of the video game:

Per the official logline, the series is based on the premise of the game, namely, “Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone.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.”

I don’t quite know how that will work in practice — is one of the Among Us beans going to be a main character? What is their name? Am I going to get too attached before they are ruthlessly killed by the impostor? — but given the lighthearted nature of the video game, I suspect the show will have some fun with its ideas.

Titmouse, which does animation for shows like Big Mouth and Star Trek: Lower Decks, will be animating the show, Variety says. And the network or streaming service the show will appear on hasn’t been decided yet, but the conversations are apparently “said to be ongoing.” Owen Dennis, the creator of Infinity Train, will head up the show as creator and executive producer, game developer Innersloth says in an announcement on its website.

The Among Us series adds to the growing pile of video game adaptations that are in the works. On Tuesday, we got a new trailer for the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, for example, and Peacock’s Twisted Metal series is set to debut in July.

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