The Legend of Vox Machina, based on Critical Role‘s first campaign, recently premiered its second season on Prime Video. The animated series already has season three in the works, too. And soon, more Critical Role content will join it. Amazon Studios announced today that it has entered a multiyear exclusive overall television and first-look film deal with Critical Role. The first project under this agreement is Mighty Nein. The animated series will adapt Critical Role‘s wildly popular second campaign. We finally got a sneak peek at Mighty Nein and it looks awesome.
A meet cute and accidental magic✨ Enjoy this exclusive sneak peek at the new animated series, Mighty Nein! pic.twitter.com/YFB2bkAM8e
— The Legend of Vox Machina (@LVMandM9onPrime) July 26, 2024
Mighty Nein features the Critical Role cast as a new group of adventurers. According to Amazon, it follows: “a group of criminals and misfits who are the only ones that can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands.”
In the campaign, the cast was as follows:
- Laura Bailey – Jester Lavorre
- Taliesin Jaffe – Mollymauk “Molly” Tealeaf
- Ashley Johnson – Yasha Nydoorin
- Liam O’Brien – Caleb Widogast
- Marisha Ray – Beauregard “Beau” Lionett
- Travis Willingham – Fjord
- Sam Riegel – Nott the Brave and Veth Brenatto
They’ll begin production soon and Mighty Nein will premiere on Prime Video. Executive producers include Tasha Huo, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham alongside Metapigeon and Amazon Studios. Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina at Titmouse will also executive produce.
As for the overall deal, it will see Critical Role develop original TV series, films, and content. Their production company, Metapigeon, will also work with creatives on new projects in and outside of the Critical Role universe, too.
Travis Willingham, co-founder and CEO of Critical Role said in a statement.
Critical Role‘s livestream campaigns are the spark that lit the flame for our worldwide audience. Seeing the stories and characters from our first campaign come to life in The Legend of Vox Machina was a dream realized, and we are absolutely buzzing with excitement to do it again with Mighty Nein. But with today’s announcement, we’re confident that the stories we tell will keep expanding into realms of entertainment beyond what we can even imagine.
Until we get Mighty Nein, catch The Legend of Vox Machina on Prime Video.
Originally published January 25, 2023.
Amy Ratcliffe is the Editor-in-Chief for Nerdist and the author of Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy, The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, The Jedi Mind, and more. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
