Critical Role Critical Role: Amazon Orders 2 Seasons Of The Legend Of Vox Machina

Amazon has ordered two seasons of the Critical Role animated show, The Legend of Vox Machina! This is the show that was Kickstarted for about $10M last year.

Originally, 10 episodes were planned from the massive Kickstarter. Amazon has ordered 14 more, to make 24 total, aimed at late 2020.

Amazon owns Twitch, on which Critical Role made its name.

Kickstarter backers will still get the first look at the show, and will be able to access the first season for free.

Amazon Orders 2 Seasons Of Adult Animated Series ‘Critical Role: The Legend Of Vox Machina’ As Part Of First-Look Deal

Amazon has ordered two 12-episode seasons of adult animated series <em>Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina,</em> based on the adventures and original characters from Critical Role.

deadline.com

Amazon Orders Two Seasons of Critical Role’s Animated ‘Legend of Vox Machina’ Series

Amazon Prime Video ordered two seasons of Critical Role's "The Legend of Vox Machina" after a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign.

variety.com

Amazon Orders Two Seasons of Animated ‘Critical Role’ Series

Critical Role, the media company behind the popular web series of the same name, has partnered with Amazon Prime Video to bring an animated version of the program exclusively to the platform.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Here's CR's own announcement:

Hello, bees!

We slyly hinted towards sharing some really big news and today is the big day!

Our friends at Amazon have partnered with us to broadcast Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machinaexclusively on Amazon Prime Video! And that’s not all… This partnership has allowed us to create TWO ENTIRE SEASONS and an additional TWO episodes per season. That’s a total of 24 episodes of animated Vox Machina goodness that we cannot wait to share with you.

What’s more, Amazon is throwing their support behind the show, allowing us to improve on the quality of the animation, the score, the special effects – you name it. And with 24 episodes to play with, instead of just 10, we’ll not only complete the entire Briarwood storyline in the animated series, but we’ll forge ahead into other classic Vox Machina story arcs as well!

Our lovely Kickstarter backers (hey, that’s YOU!) will still have an opportunity to watch the two-part special that kicks off the series before anyone else AND because you’re a backer, you'll be able to access the first season for free. We’re still working out all of the logistical details and should have an update around how all of this will work in late 2020.

We also announced a few more key players on our creative team, each mega-talented in their craft:

• Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham (executive producers): Along with stepping back into their roles as the voices of Vox Machina, our cast will also serve as executive producers of the animated series.
• Brandon Auman (executive producer): You may know Brandon as the executive producer of Star Wars Resistance and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as his writing on Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the upcoming Blade Runner: Black Lotus.
• Chris Prynoski (executive producer, Titmouse): Chris is pretty much the guy that makes all the Titmouse magic happen and has played a major role in a bunch of cool animated projects, like Big Mouth, Niko and the Sword of Light, Tigtoneand The Venture Brothers.
• Sung Jin Ahn (supervising director): Sung Jin is an Emmy-Award nominated director and has worked alongside Chris as the director for Niko and the Sword of Light, as well as other incredible projects like Motorcity and TRON: Uprising.

Our crazy little show was born on Twitch and we’re absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to continue to grow and develop deeper roots within the Amazon ecosphere.

We love you all very much and… Is it Thursday yet?

<3

Critical Role

 

[darjr]

Every cr fan I know, even the ones who don’t have a group, are D&D fans.

I’m trying to think of any that are not. There are people I know who are fans of different games but the ones that listen to podcasts listen to other ones.

Anecdotal? Yea but a sight more evidence than you have. I think.

D&D is great for streaming precisely BECAUSE it can easily be stretched to serve several styles and not break. That allows players of D&D with very different styles to have a common ground. And that is powerful for streaming. So much of this “we need a streaming game” is hyper focused on the specific rules of the game and not what is really important, the identity shared with the fans.

 

[Morrus]

It would be difficult to create a streaming show with generally lesser known systems like Fate (Vampire is an exception).

There are thousands upon thousands of awesome streaming shows with lesser known systems.

 

[darjr]

I must say though, that other games that CR stream seem to get a huge bump in popularity

 

[Morrus]

I must say though, that other games that CR stream seem to get a huge bump in popularity

Of course. CR's channel is by far the biggest. It would be weird if they didn't!

 

[Reynard]

D&D has massive brand recognition and for a lot of people D&D is the only TTRPG. It would be difficult to create a streaming show with generally lesser known systems like Fate (Vampire is an exception).

Not if you're Deborah Ann Woll or Vin Deisel or any of the myriad other celebrities that have come out as geeks over the last few years. D&D is absolutely the most well known of RPGs and 5E is arguably the most popular version of the game ever, in no small part due to its accessibility. But if the CR crew decided their next season was going to use a different system (probably a house system) I don't think they would lose too many viewers. The value is not in the D&D, it's in the stream.

 

[Morrus]

Not if you're Deborah Ann Woll or Vin Deisel or any of the myriad other celebrities that have come out as geeks over the last few years. D&D is absolutely the most well known of RPGs and 5E is arguably the most popular version of the game ever, in no small part due to its accessibility. But if the CR crew decided their next season was going to use a different system (probably a house system) I don't think they would lose too many viewers. The value is not in the D&D, it's in the stream.

Just wait for Critical Role: The RPG!

 

[Doc_Klueless]

Why would they want to use another system? Everyone that has been mentioned is a HUGE fan of D&D. They like playing D&D. Like a LOT if their own comments are taken into account.

 

[Morrus]

Why would they want to use another system? Everyone that has been mentioned is a HUGE fan of D&D. They like playing D&D. Like a LOT if their own comments are taken into account.

They’re growing as a business. They own the CR IP and are monetising it well. At some point that might include selling the official CR games, which they also might enjoy playing. Or not. It’s all just conjecture.

 

[Reynard]

Just wait for Critical Role: The RPG!

I am expecting it. I imagine it will be a version of 5E tweaked specifically for the streaming, theater of the mind, story first style they use, but I think it will come.

 

[Reynard]

Why would they want to use another system? Everyone that has been mentioned is a HUGE fan of D&D. They like playing D&D. Like a LOT if their own comments are taken into account.

The Witch of Briarwood was one of the best streams I have ever seen, not only from an entertainment perspective but from a GMing one, and there was very little in it that necessitated it being a 5E game. I think is the branding of the streamers or the settings gets bigger than D&D, those really trying to develop the form will drop D&D in favor of that other branding. Not least, by the way, because if streaming truly does go mainstream (har har) big corporations are going to be involved and they aren't going to want to have to tie themselves to Hasbro or WotC by way of the D&D brand. They will make something new, especially considering how low investment it will be compared to making a movie or whatever.

Of course I am just speculating in all this and could certainly be completely wrong.