It is the year 2020. Due to the corona pandemic, everyone is at home and bored, even worse: in many cases they are alone at home! Just at the right time, a game that was not only fun, but could also be played together: There was a real hype around “Among Us”, and not a few may have played the online multiplayer game not for the sake of it lose your mind in your own four walls. Also in 2020 there were many fans in the editorial office of FILMSTARTS…
It was only a matter of time before the game, set in a sci-fi setting, would be filmed – frankly, it’s almost surprising it took this long. How reports, CBS Studios is a “Among usAnimated series in the making.
“Among Us”: murder hunt in space
Game studio Innersloth is on board as a partner in the development of the series, which is intended to pick up on the game’s premise content: the places of some members of a starship crew have been taken by alien shapeshifters. The fraudulent invaders wreak havoc on board, sabotaging the ship and gradually killing the rest of the human crew. You must hunt down the aliens or die trying…
The series creator and executive producer behind Among Us is Owen Dennis, who also oversaw the Infinity Train animated series. On which channel or streaming service the series should run is noisy currently unknown. The launch date cannot be predicted either, as “Among Us” is still in a very early stage of development.
The game became a mega hit in 2020
became among us already published in 2018 and initially led a niche existence before gaining unprecedented popularity in 2020, as it hit the nerves of the times with its game structure: to provide distraction and easy fun to the team, although you couldn’t meet in person due to the lockdown.
“Among Us” has probably reached many of those Internet users who are otherwise not interested in computer games – and who do not want to play themselves, just watched streamers on YouTube and Twitch, where “Among Us” has also enjoyed sensational success during the pandemic.