![]() Since then, Critical Role has evolved into a mini media empire, attracting more than half a million viewers every week to YouTube, Twitch and their own site,. It’s another level-up for an outfit that began in 2012 as a group of Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts gathering in one another’s homes. “Vox Machina” is the name of the first Dungeons & Dragons role-playing adventure that the group undertakes, and centers around a team of supernatural mercenaries - elves, dwarves and magic makers - forced to unite to protect their realm from any number of dark forces that assail it, including undead giants, a necromancer and powerful curses. Amazon Prime Video has ordered two 12-episode seasons of “The Legend of Vox Machina,” in addition to securing a first-look development deal with Critical Role. Now, that group of friends - under the banner of the company they formed, Critical Role - joins those bigger-name properties in another milestone: a pickup by a major streaming service. That campaign, for the adult-oriented “Legend of Vox Machina Animated Special,” is now Kickstarter’s highest earning entertainment project ever, with nearly 90,000 backers pledging upwards of $11 million - besting bigger-name properties like “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” revived by Netflix in 2017, and “Veronica Mars,” which became a feature film and, earlier this year, a Hulu original series. “Then it started moving like a gas station pump.” ![]() ![]() “It started out pretty slow and we were like ‘Oh, well,’” said Willingham, who, with his deep, booming voice, has been cast as Thor in numerous Marvel animated projects. No word yet on when it will arrive on Amazon.The morning this March they launched their Kickstarter campaign for a small animated project with some voice-acting friends, Travis Willingham and Laura Bailey thought there was a glitch on the crowdfunding site. In March, the series creators broke the record for the highest-funded television or film project on Kickstarter for an animated special, which caught Amazon's attention and led to the full series. Excitingly, the series will be produced by Titmouse, the animation production company behind Netflix's Big Mouth and Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures. The actors will also serve as executive producers, alongside Brandon Auman ( Star Wars: Resistance), Jennifer Muro ( Star Wars Forces of Destiny) and more. The Critical Role cast will return to voice their characters in their upcoming animated series called The Legend of Vox Machina. ![]() The series will star actors Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham, who are reprising their Critical Role roles. Amazon Studios announced on Tuesday it ordered two seasons of the series - total of 24 episodes - to premiere on Prime Video.Ĭritical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina will follow a group of second-rate, drunken adventurers on a quest to save the realm from terrifying monsters and dark magical forces, only to discover they have become a family in the process. If you love playing the fantasy role-playing tabletop game Dungeons & Dragons, Critical Role's new adult animated series headed to Amazon Prime Video will get your dices rolling.Ĭritical Role, a live-action web series that features prominent voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons, has a new animated series The Legend of Vox Machina that will stream exclusively on Amazon.
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