Way back in 2023, CBS officially announced that its next animated series would be an adaptation of Innersloth’s smash-hit 2018 space murder mystery video game Among Us . Now, three years later, the show’s stacked cast of Hollywood actors called for an emergency meeting at Summer Game Fest , resulting in the surprise premiere of all 10 episodes on Paramount+. Among Us , which is animated by Titmouse ( Star Trek: Lower Decks ), follows an assortment of monochromatic crewmates aboard a ship transporting junk across space. Hidden among them is an alien taking them out one by one. Their task is to put their collective noggins together and suss out which of them is the imposter before there are no crewmates left. Ahead of Among Us ‘ premiere, we spoke with showrunner Owen Dennis ( Infinity Train ) about how the series landed on its eclectic cast of actors, as well as his philosophy for adapting a video game into a television show nearly a decade after it skyrocketed into a global sensation.…