Indie game developer Innersloth is partnering with CBS Eye Animation to bring an Among Us TV show to life, Variety said in an exclusive report. Owen Dennis, maker of Infinity Train, will serve as the creator and executive producer.
Among Us doesn’t have a story, but Variety says the show will be based on the gameplay premise.
“Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone.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,” the show’s logline reads.
Star Trek: Lower Deck studio Titmouse is handling the production, and Forest Willard, Marcus Bromander, and Carl Neisser from Innersloth will also act as executive producers.
While the game might not have a narrative, the idea behind the gameplay is open-ended enough to support any number of story ideas. Whatever it ends up being, it’s quite the departure from the recent spate of game-to-TV adaptations. Along with The Last of Us, we’ve had announcements about Tom Clancy, God of War, Fallout, and more, but the common thread is that they’re big-budget games backed by major studios, where Among Us is an indie game from a small studio.
There’s no expected timeframe for the Among Us show to air at present.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
