More production updates have surfaced regardingCritical Role. Aside from thenews aboutVox Machina’s upcoming third season, there have been some production updates for the group’s next D&D Prime Video series,Mighty Nein. This upcoming serieswas first teased back in 2023 and over on social media, we now know how far in production this show is currently.
According to theshow’s official X account(aka Twitter), the entire Critical Role team is currently in the middle of recording for the upcoming series. While details on what the first season would entail continue to remain shrouded in mystery, Critical Role’s Dungeon Master,Matthew Mercer,quoted the update with the caption “ya’ll aren’t ready.”
Mighty Neinis the name of Critical Role’s secondDungeon and Dragonscampaign after theLegends of Vox Machinaended in 2017.
Campaign 2 began in 2018, and it introduced a new set of characters and had a total of 141 episodes. A video of the show’s announcement was released back in 2023, where it featured iconic lines throughout the campaign, and a logline that reads “Mighty Nein 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.”
What Is Critical Role and ‘The Legend of Vox Machina’?
Critical Role is aDungeons and Dragonsgroup consisting of voice actors, which includesAshley Johnson, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, andSam Riegel.Their D&D sessions started as a live web series that started in 2015 and are currently in the middle of their third campaign called “Bells Hells.”
In 2019, Critical Role launched aKickstarter campaignto help fund an animated series based on their first campaign,The Legend of Vox Machina.Their goal was to reach $750,000and to produce a 22-minute episode of their campaign. Their crowdfunding campaign was a massive success, with their goal being achieved during the first hour since it launched,raising over $11 million. Ever since the Kickstarter,The Legends of Vox Machinawas produced by Titmouse and Amazon Studios.
WhileMighty Neinhas yet to announce an official release date or a trailer for the show, you may watchThe Legend of Vox Machinaseasons 1 and 2 on Prime Video. Meanwhile, the original Critical Role live streams are available to stream on YouTube.
