Among Us (film)

"Among Us" is a 2023 live-action/animated hybrid action film based on the video game of the same name by Innersloth. It is starring Keanu Reaves as the impostor. It is produced by Black Bear Pictures under the supervision of Innersloth and has been distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor under Orion Pictures via United Artists Releasing.
== Plot ==
On a spaceship known as The Skeld, there are a total of 10 crew members aboard the ship. They are traveling to the planet Polus and have to do certain tasks to make sure the ship can get there smoothly and the crewmates are forbidden to talk unless they are in a meeting. However, they quickly realize that there is an imposter among them. The impostor has plans to kill all the crewmates in any way they can. Orange finds Gray dead and reports it and they vote Orange and Red as the impostor though it ties.
Pre-production
Production for Among Us began in May 2021. After the Among Us video game blew up, Marcus Bromander, one of the three developers of the game, decided that Among Us should get a film adaptation. So that same month, he began pitching the movie to several studios. One studio called him back, Black Bear Pictures. He set up a meeting with Black Bear CEO Teddy Schwarzman. During the meeting, Marcus stated that he wanted the film out by the game's fifth anniversary in 2023 and that he also wanted parts of the film to be animated. He also stated in his pitch that Black Bear must stay loyal to the source material, knowing the failures of past video game adaptations. Teddy Schwarzman agreed, and after 2 days of negotiations, Black Bear Pictures and Innersloth agreed to a deal where Black Bear would produce the movie under the supervision of Innersloth, and that they would help Innersloth find a distributor on June 1st, 2021.
Enter MGM
Originally, Black Bear was going to hook Innersloth up with STX Entertainment, who've worked with Black Bear Pictures in the past. They set up a meeting and pitched the film on the behalf of Innersloth. However, STX denied the offer due to being extremely busy with other projects. After that, Innersloth and Black Bear decided to put the bidding up for auction, and on June 13th, 2021, the auction began for the distribution rights to Among Us. During the span of 3 weeks, they had bids from Searchlight Pictures, Lionsgate, MGM, and IFC Films. On July 5th, MGM won the distribution rights to Among Us. The next day, MGM announced that the movie will be distributed through United Artists Releasing under the Orion Pictures banner.
Production
== Release ==
Among Us was released worldwide on June 16th, 2023, just one day after the game's fifth anniversary by Orion Pictures under United Artists Releasing. The film was given the PG-13 rating from the MPA for language and
Home Media
Among Us was released on Digital, 4K Blu-Ray, and DVD on November 17th, 2023 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment or Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
== Reception ==
== Canceled TV spin-off ==
Category:Black Bear Pictures
Category:Orion Pictures
Category:United Artists Releasing
Category:Movies based on video games
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Category:2023 films
Category:Films with live action and animation
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