“The Legend of the Vox Machina” cast members and creative producers Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel gathered at the tavern in Critical Role-Land to announce, ahead of the Season 3 finale, that Prime Video has renewed the animated series for a Season 4. All three seasons have achieved a +5 modifier for television shows — otherwise known as a 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
Based on the Dungeons & Dragons series “Critical Role,” “The Legend of Vox Machina” animates the D&d campaign to bring it to full, fiery life — with the original campaigners reprising their roles. In Season 3, the Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina. The lovable band of misfits must rise above inner (and outer) demons to save their loved ones, Tal’Dorei, and all of Exandria. Viewers can stream this week’s finale on Prime Video to see how this chapter will close.
Based on the Dungeons & Dragons series “Critical Role,” “The Legend of Vox Machina” animates the D&d campaign to bring it to full, fiery life — with the original campaigners reprising their roles. In Season 3, the Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina. The lovable band of misfits must rise above inner (and outer) demons to save their loved ones, Tal’Dorei, and all of Exandria. Viewers can stream this week’s finale on Prime Video to see how this chapter will close.
- 10/23/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
The Legend of Vox Machina is currently tearing through its third season on Amazon Prime Video, and the fans are responding: the most recent installment, "Thordak's Throne," is the highest-rated episode in the show's history on IMDb, and it looks like they're going to charge full-throttle towards an exciting endgame; the final three episodes of season 3 drop tomorrow.
Vox Machina is an animated adaptation of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign played by the voice actors of Critical Role, and it has everything you'd expect from a show with that pedigree: adventure, violence, goofy jokes, dragons and more. For this TV version, the cast and crew have changed the plot around a bit so the dramatic twists hit harder, and we can't say for sure that the season 3 finale will follow the game beat for beat. In Critical Role's original version, the adventures of the Vox Machina crew continue for a...
Vox Machina is an animated adaptation of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign played by the voice actors of Critical Role, and it has everything you'd expect from a show with that pedigree: adventure, violence, goofy jokes, dragons and more. For this TV version, the cast and crew have changed the plot around a bit so the dramatic twists hit harder, and we can't say for sure that the season 3 finale will follow the game beat for beat. In Critical Role's original version, the adventures of the Vox Machina crew continue for a...
- 10/23/2024
- by Dan Selcke
- Winter Is Coming
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Get ready for more dragons, brilliant visuals, thrilling drama, and hilarious comedy in The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3. Created by Critical Role Productions, the adult animated fantasy action adventure comedy-drama series is based on the first campaign of the Dungeons & Dragons web series named Critical Role.
Season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina continues the story of Vox Machina as they fight against the Chroma Conclave, who are spreading like wildfire leaving death and destruction everywhere. Vox Machina must rise above both inner and outer conflicts to save Exandria.
The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Prime Video
The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 consists of twelve episodes in total. The third season of the adult animated fantasy adventure comedy-drama series premiered on Prime Video with its first...
Get ready for more dragons, brilliant visuals, thrilling drama, and hilarious comedy in The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3. Created by Critical Role Productions, the adult animated fantasy action adventure comedy-drama series is based on the first campaign of the Dungeons & Dragons web series named Critical Role.
Season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina continues the story of Vox Machina as they fight against the Chroma Conclave, who are spreading like wildfire leaving death and destruction everywhere. Vox Machina must rise above both inner and outer conflicts to save Exandria.
The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Prime Video
The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 consists of twelve episodes in total. The third season of the adult animated fantasy adventure comedy-drama series premiered on Prime Video with its first...
- 10/14/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The Vox Machina squad is back for Season 3 and they’re taking their fight to hell.
The Chroma Conclave continue their assault on Tal’Dorei in the third season while the group heads to hell to find a solution. The series is the continued adaptation of Critical Role’s first live-play Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
Here’s everything you need to know about the batch release schedule of the show’s third season.
When does “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 come out?
The third season of Critical Role and Prime Video’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” premieres Thursday, Oct. 3.
How can I watch “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3?
“The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 streams on Prime Video.
Are episodes released weekly or all at once?
“The Legend of Vox Machina” splits the difference when it comes to being released weekly or all at once. Every Thursday...
The Chroma Conclave continue their assault on Tal’Dorei in the third season while the group heads to hell to find a solution. The series is the continued adaptation of Critical Role’s first live-play Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
Here’s everything you need to know about the batch release schedule of the show’s third season.
When does “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 come out?
The third season of Critical Role and Prime Video’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” premieres Thursday, Oct. 3.
How can I watch “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3?
“The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 streams on Prime Video.
Are episodes released weekly or all at once?
“The Legend of Vox Machina” splits the difference when it comes to being released weekly or all at once. Every Thursday...
- 10/3/2024
- by Jacob Bryant
- The Wrap
In a surprising turn of events, Sucker Punch has unveiled Ghost of Yotei, the highly anticipated sequel to their 2020 hit, Ghost of Tsushima. But while fans are excited to return to the world of feudal Japan, some are less than thrilled about the game’s new female protagonist, Atsu, who will be played by none other than the talented Erika Ishii.
Erika Ishii in an interview. | Image Credit: MoonLiteWolf/YouTube
That’s right, folks—Jin Sakai, the stoic samurai who stole everyone’s hearts in the first game, will not be returning for the sequel. And apparently, that’s just too much for some “fans” to handle!
Introducing Erika Ishii: The New Face Behind the Mask Erika Ishii has lent her voice to numerous video game characters. | Image Credit: Respawn
Erika Ishii may not be a household name just yet, but she is no stranger to the world of video games.
Erika Ishii in an interview. | Image Credit: MoonLiteWolf/YouTube
That’s right, folks—Jin Sakai, the stoic samurai who stole everyone’s hearts in the first game, will not be returning for the sequel. And apparently, that’s just too much for some “fans” to handle!
Introducing Erika Ishii: The New Face Behind the Mask Erika Ishii has lent her voice to numerous video game characters. | Image Credit: Respawn
Erika Ishii may not be a household name just yet, but she is no stranger to the world of video games.
- 9/25/2024
- by Soumyajit Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Dropout has ordered a second season for its “Misfits & Magic” edition of table-top roleplaying game show “Dimension 20,” which is scheduled to premiere Sept. 25 on the streamer.
“Years after the events of season one, the Pilot Program must embark on a quest for the future of magic,” the show’s logline teases.
The 11-episode season, led by game master Aabria Iyengar, will rollout out new episodes weekly on Wednesdays.
The cast for the second season of “Dimension 20: Misfits & Magic” will include Brennan Lee Mulligan as Evan Kelmp, Erika Ishii as K , Danielle Radford as Sam Black and Lou Wilson as Whitney Jammer.
The most recent season of Dropout’s Dungeons & Dragons actual play show “Dimension 20” concluded Aug. 28 with the 10th and final episode of “Never Stop Blowing Up,” an ’80s action-movie-themed installment.
The “Dimension 20″ franchise is among the most popular programs in the small but growing...
“Years after the events of season one, the Pilot Program must embark on a quest for the future of magic,” the show’s logline teases.
The 11-episode season, led by game master Aabria Iyengar, will rollout out new episodes weekly on Wednesdays.
The cast for the second season of “Dimension 20: Misfits & Magic” will include Brennan Lee Mulligan as Evan Kelmp, Erika Ishii as K , Danielle Radford as Sam Black and Lou Wilson as Whitney Jammer.
The most recent season of Dropout’s Dungeons & Dragons actual play show “Dimension 20” concluded Aug. 28 with the 10th and final episode of “Never Stop Blowing Up,” an ’80s action-movie-themed installment.
The “Dimension 20″ franchise is among the most popular programs in the small but growing...
- 9/4/2024
- by Andrés Buenahora
- Variety Film + TV
The third season of The Legend of Vox Machina is coming down the bend, and it's going to be a big one. This season will end the Chroma Conclave arc, which finds our band of misfit heroes facing down a conspiracy of dragons, and launch the franchise to new heights. "Season 3 is going to leave a mark," star Travis Willingham (Grog) told Entertainment Weekly. "It is going to test individual characters; it's going to test relationships, both familial and of a romantic variety; but it's also going to start to show the lines of division in this tight-knit family that is really starting to feel the pressure of the world and things even beyond the realm of Exandria. This is the first season where not everything is going to be the same at the end in the way that it started."
The Legend of Vox Machina is an animated adaptation...
The Legend of Vox Machina is an animated adaptation...
- 8/23/2024
- by Dan Selcke
- Winter Is Coming
We know podcasting is big business. It’s been one of the fastest-growing sectors of digital content for years, got a growth boost during the pandemic that drove listening up by over 40%, and is now worth over $25 billion. We hear about podcasters landing multimillion-dollar deals with distributors. But what about creators producing their shows independently? How much money are they making?
Well, according to Patreon, the 40,000+ podcasters using its platform raked in a collective $350 million from their patrons in 2023. To put that number in context, the entire global podcast market is expected to make around $4 billion from advertising this year.
Podcasting is Patreon’s second biggest content category; the only folks making more than podcasters are video content creators. In a blog post about podcasters’ success, Patreon pointed out that podcasts are an “intimate” form of content creation where listeners are committed for long periods of episode time, and said...
Well, according to Patreon, the 40,000+ podcasters using its platform raked in a collective $350 million from their patrons in 2023. To put that number in context, the entire global podcast market is expected to make around $4 billion from advertising this year.
Podcasting is Patreon’s second biggest content category; the only folks making more than podcasters are video content creators. In a blog post about podcasters’ success, Patreon pointed out that podcasts are an “intimate” form of content creation where listeners are committed for long periods of episode time, and said...
- 8/5/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
This article contains plot spoilers for Critical Role “Campaign Three: Bells Hells.”
Critical Role’s current campaign, “Bells Hells,” isn’t the first time that inner-party conflict has come up for the cast. Beuregard (Marisha Ray) and Caleb (Liam O’Brien) fought over a magical bowl in The Mighty Nein campaign. Scanlan (Sam Riegel) left Vox Machina for an entire year. But where Bells Hells stands out above the rest is just how often its zany cast of characters find themselves at odds with one another, and how both the cast and the characters handle the conflict.
Bells Hells is certainly the most eclectic group of adventurers that the Critical Role cast has portrayed, and if you’ve kept up with the show for any amount of time, you know that that means this group is really out there. There’s Fresh Cut Grass a.k.a. Fcg (Sam Riegel), an...
Critical Role’s current campaign, “Bells Hells,” isn’t the first time that inner-party conflict has come up for the cast. Beuregard (Marisha Ray) and Caleb (Liam O’Brien) fought over a magical bowl in The Mighty Nein campaign. Scanlan (Sam Riegel) left Vox Machina for an entire year. But where Bells Hells stands out above the rest is just how often its zany cast of characters find themselves at odds with one another, and how both the cast and the characters handle the conflict.
Bells Hells is certainly the most eclectic group of adventurers that the Critical Role cast has portrayed, and if you’ve kept up with the show for any amount of time, you know that that means this group is really out there. There’s Fresh Cut Grass a.k.a. Fcg (Sam Riegel), an...
- 8/1/2024
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
There’s a meta moment in Season 8 of “Jet Lag: The Game” when the stars of the unscripted travel competition series are seated on a plane behind a fan watching an episode of the show on the streaming platform Nebula. Catching a “Jet Lag” viewer in the wild would have been unthinkable when the series bowed in 2022. But not anymore.
Nebula is part of a wave of streamer startups that are owned by content creators and cater to niche audiences and passionate fandoms. The list also includes Dropout (formerly known as CollegeHumor) and Beacon, a tabletop roleplaying game-focused service that evolved from the YouTube channel Critical Role (which boasts 2.3 million subscribers).
These outlets bill themselves as vehicles for reaching the super fans of their niches, and they wear their independence like a badge: No venture capitalists or pesky parent companies to answer to.
Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout, draws a...
Nebula is part of a wave of streamer startups that are owned by content creators and cater to niche audiences and passionate fandoms. The list also includes Dropout (formerly known as CollegeHumor) and Beacon, a tabletop roleplaying game-focused service that evolved from the YouTube channel Critical Role (which boasts 2.3 million subscribers).
These outlets bill themselves as vehicles for reaching the super fans of their niches, and they wear their independence like a badge: No venture capitalists or pesky parent companies to answer to.
Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout, draws a...
- 7/31/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
One of Travis Willingham’s top-tier wishes is for a “Critical Role” campaign to be adapted into a full-fledged “Dungeons and Dragons” feature film.
“The ‘Critical Role’ world is stacked with stories—there is a huge clamoring for the ‘Exandria Unlimited: Calamity.’ I think every form of distribution is great [but] we have never made a feature before,” Willingham said. “One thing we’ve consistently done at ‘Critical Role’ is we’ve tried to find where the ceiling is. What are we capable of doing? What are our wildest dreams, and are we able to achieve those? I think the desire is there. It might just be a matter of finding the time for everything else, but I think the potential is certainly there.”
Willingham joined Variety Studio, presented by Google TV at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con, to chat all things “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 and teased what fans...
“The ‘Critical Role’ world is stacked with stories—there is a huge clamoring for the ‘Exandria Unlimited: Calamity.’ I think every form of distribution is great [but] we have never made a feature before,” Willingham said. “One thing we’ve consistently done at ‘Critical Role’ is we’ve tried to find where the ceiling is. What are we capable of doing? What are our wildest dreams, and are we able to achieve those? I think the desire is there. It might just be a matter of finding the time for everything else, but I think the potential is certainly there.”
Willingham joined Variety Studio, presented by Google TV at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con, to chat all things “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 and teased what fans...
- 7/26/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
After a nearly two-year wait, Vox Machina — Critical Role’s motley crew of D&d adventurers — will return to Exandria on Prime Video.
“The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 is set to premiere Oct. 3 on Amazon’s Prime Video, comprising 12 episodes, with three episodes of the hit animated fantasy-adventure series premiering every week starting Oct. 3. Prime Video also released a new opening title sequence (watch below).
Everything is at stake in Season 3 of “The Legend of Vox Machina”: The Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina. The lovable band of misfits must rise above inner (and outer) demons to try and save their loved ones, the Tal’Dorei republic — and all of Exandria.
Season 2 of “Vox Machina” came out in January 2023. Prime Video greenlit the show’s third season the previous October, after Season 1 debuted in January 2022.
“The Legend of Vox Machina...
“The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 3 is set to premiere Oct. 3 on Amazon’s Prime Video, comprising 12 episodes, with three episodes of the hit animated fantasy-adventure series premiering every week starting Oct. 3. Prime Video also released a new opening title sequence (watch below).
Everything is at stake in Season 3 of “The Legend of Vox Machina”: The Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina. The lovable band of misfits must rise above inner (and outer) demons to try and save their loved ones, the Tal’Dorei republic — and all of Exandria.
Season 2 of “Vox Machina” came out in January 2023. Prime Video greenlit the show’s third season the previous October, after Season 1 debuted in January 2022.
“The Legend of Vox Machina...
- 6/7/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Save for a couple of unfortunate attempts, Prime Video has really been on a streak of great adaptations in the 2020s so far. Apart from the more mainstream examples of that, the streamer released an animated TV show based on an iconic tabletop game franchise which, in many fans’ eyes, is the best adaptation of said game’s universe to date.
Misfit Adventurers to Return Later in 2024
Created by Critical Role, The Legend of Vox Machina is an epic animated series based on Dungeons & Dragons. It’s often dubbed as the best D&d adaptation out there even despite Honor Among Thieves’ existence. Like the latter, Vox Machina follows a group of misfit adventurers who are dragged into the whole “saving the world” business right from their favorite tavern.
First in The Washington Post article and then on Critical Role CEO Travis Willingham’s X account, the confirmations of Season 3 suddenly appeared.
Misfit Adventurers to Return Later in 2024
Created by Critical Role, The Legend of Vox Machina is an epic animated series based on Dungeons & Dragons. It’s often dubbed as the best D&d adaptation out there even despite Honor Among Thieves’ existence. Like the latter, Vox Machina follows a group of misfit adventurers who are dragged into the whole “saving the world” business right from their favorite tavern.
First in The Washington Post article and then on Critical Role CEO Travis Willingham’s X account, the confirmations of Season 3 suddenly appeared.
- 5/14/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
After building an audience of more than 3.5 million viewers across YouTube and Twitch, Critical Role is hoping some of those folks will follow it off those platforms to its new subscription service, Beacon.
But hold on—if you’re thinking this is a repeat of Watcher‘s recent stumble, CritRole CEO and cast member Travis Willingham is quick to reassure that Beacon isn’t a way for Critical Role to paywall its ongoing content.
“Now, I’m sure many of you are asking, ‘Wait, what does this mean for Twitch and YouTube subscribers?'” he said in Beacon’s announcement video (embedded below). “And the answer is: nothing. Nothing changes for those audiences in how you view our main shows. You will still be able to watch and listen freely, with the same release schedule that it has always been for nine, going on ten years.”
The point of Beacon,...
But hold on—if you’re thinking this is a repeat of Watcher‘s recent stumble, CritRole CEO and cast member Travis Willingham is quick to reassure that Beacon isn’t a way for Critical Role to paywall its ongoing content.
“Now, I’m sure many of you are asking, ‘Wait, what does this mean for Twitch and YouTube subscribers?'” he said in Beacon’s announcement video (embedded below). “And the answer is: nothing. Nothing changes for those audiences in how you view our main shows. You will still be able to watch and listen freely, with the same release schedule that it has always been for nine, going on ten years.”
The point of Beacon,...
- 5/10/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Matthew Lillard knows the power of fandoms.
He’s been surrounded by them for decades, having played iconic characters in everything from Scream to Scooby-Doo to Five Nights at Freddy’s, and now his liquor company Find Familiar Spirits is partying up with Critical Role to launch a limited-edition collectible liquor based on their first campaign, Vox Machina.
The liquor, Sandkheg’s Hide, comes straight from episode 65 of the campaign, where Travis Willingham‘s character Grog buys a couple bottles and promptly gets the gang smashed.
In Critical Role’s Dungeons & Dragons universe, Sandkheg’s Hide is secreted by giant insectoids. But Irl, Find Familiar Spirits’ master blender Ale Ochoa made the drink into a bourbon with notes of baked apple, brown spice, shortbread cookies, oak, herbs, dried red fruit, and “a hint of smoke.”
Each bottle ($99) also comes with a 44-page booklet with an original, canon short story written by Jasmine Bhullar,...
He’s been surrounded by them for decades, having played iconic characters in everything from Scream to Scooby-Doo to Five Nights at Freddy’s, and now his liquor company Find Familiar Spirits is partying up with Critical Role to launch a limited-edition collectible liquor based on their first campaign, Vox Machina.
The liquor, Sandkheg’s Hide, comes straight from episode 65 of the campaign, where Travis Willingham‘s character Grog buys a couple bottles and promptly gets the gang smashed.
In Critical Role’s Dungeons & Dragons universe, Sandkheg’s Hide is secreted by giant insectoids. But Irl, Find Familiar Spirits’ master blender Ale Ochoa made the drink into a bourbon with notes of baked apple, brown spice, shortbread cookies, oak, herbs, dried red fruit, and “a hint of smoke.”
Each bottle ($99) also comes with a 44-page booklet with an original, canon short story written by Jasmine Bhullar,...
- 4/19/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
It’s not just video games that dominate the digital airwaves on platforms like Twitch — there’s a huge contingent of viewers who yearn for the old days of pen and paper, with tabletop RPGs making a huge splash virtually in the last few years. In fact, once-niche games like Dungeons & Dragons (which turns 50 this year) have taken on new life in the age of livestreaming, and more popular than ever.
Leading the charge are “actual plays,” podcasts or web shows that feature groups of players creating narratives from their imaginations,...
Leading the charge are “actual plays,” podcasts or web shows that feature groups of players creating narratives from their imaginations,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Christopher Cruz
- Rollingstone.com
“The Last of Us” video game voice actress Ashley Johnson filed a civil lawsuit this week against her ex-fiancé Brian Foster for domestic violence, assault, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and other alleged violations. Six other women also joined the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court — their allegations against Foster also include sexual battery.
In a statement provided to TheWrap, Bryan Freedman, lawyer for Ashley Johnson and the 6 other plaintiffs said, “The police officer who reviewed the evidence was so concerned for Ashley Johnson’s safety that he went on his own to a judge to get an immediate emergency protective order against Brian W. Foster. Since then, six additional women have come forward. This lawsuit is filed to both remedy the abuse Foster has inflicted on my seven clients as well as to prevent others from being victimized by Foster’s pattern of mental, emotional and physical abuse.
In a statement provided to TheWrap, Bryan Freedman, lawyer for Ashley Johnson and the 6 other plaintiffs said, “The police officer who reviewed the evidence was so concerned for Ashley Johnson’s safety that he went on his own to a judge to get an immediate emergency protective order against Brian W. Foster. Since then, six additional women have come forward. This lawsuit is filed to both remedy the abuse Foster has inflicted on my seven clients as well as to prevent others from being victimized by Foster’s pattern of mental, emotional and physical abuse.
- 10/7/2023
- by Mike Roe
- The Wrap
Actor Ashley Johnson — star of the popular web series “Critical Role” and video game franchise “The Last of Us” — has filed a lawsuit against Brian Foster, her ex-boyfriend and former “Critical Role” castmate, alleging domestic violence, sexual battery, assault, stalking, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil rights violations.
The suit was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, with seven female plaintiffs — six named, including Johnson and her sister, Haylie Langseth, and one Jane Doe — alleging misconduct by Foster over “the last decade” that was “fueled by chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol.”
In the suit, Johnson alleges that her relationship with Foster began in October 2012 and he moved into her home soon after. By 2015, she alleges that, “on a nearly daily basis,” he would go into “a violent fit,” which included “breaking glass, punching through glass doors, breaking a gate, slamming doors, and getting in...
The suit was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, with seven female plaintiffs — six named, including Johnson and her sister, Haylie Langseth, and one Jane Doe — alleging misconduct by Foster over “the last decade” that was “fueled by chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol.”
In the suit, Johnson alleges that her relationship with Foster began in October 2012 and he moved into her home soon after. By 2015, she alleges that, “on a nearly daily basis,” he would go into “a violent fit,” which included “breaking glass, punching through glass doors, breaking a gate, slamming doors, and getting in...
- 10/6/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
The Last of Us star Ashley Johnson, who voices the protagonist Ellie in the popular PlayStation video game series, has filed a lawsuit against Brian Foster, her ex-boyfriend and a former fellow castmember of the Dungeons & Dragons-themed web series Critical Role, alleging physical and sexual violence, as well as mental and emotional abuse.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, features a total of six named female plaintiffs, including Johnson, and one anonymized female plaintiff. The complaint accuses Foster of domestic violence, sexual battery, assault, stalking, civil rights violations, gender violence and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. The allegations stem from behavior over the last decade and cite Foster’s “chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol” as fuel for a “disturbing pattern and practice of chilling and depraved behavior towards women.”
“Foster has left a trail of victims whose lives he sought to control through various lies,...
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, features a total of six named female plaintiffs, including Johnson, and one anonymized female plaintiff. The complaint accuses Foster of domestic violence, sexual battery, assault, stalking, civil rights violations, gender violence and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. The allegations stem from behavior over the last decade and cite Foster’s “chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol” as fuel for a “disturbing pattern and practice of chilling and depraved behavior towards women.”
“Foster has left a trail of victims whose lives he sought to control through various lies,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The year is 1943. You are part of a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler’s blood. This simple but ingenious pitch is the premise for the upcoming tabletop RPG Eat the Reich from publisher Rowan Rook and Decard.
This action-heavy horror-comedy game is being designed by Grant Howitt, whose writing credits include Honey Heist, Heart: The City Beneath and Orc Borg, with art by Will Kirkby, who has drawn comics in set in the world of the popular actual play series Critical Role.
In order to get the scoop on the game, which just hit Kickstarter, we chatted with both Will Kirkby and Grant Howitt about their creative process.
Bd: Eat the Reich now features a large cast of colorful characters and horrific enemies set in a fully realized version of Nazi-occupied Paris, but the seed of the idea came from humble origins.
Howitt: Just entirely the pun.
This action-heavy horror-comedy game is being designed by Grant Howitt, whose writing credits include Honey Heist, Heart: The City Beneath and Orc Borg, with art by Will Kirkby, who has drawn comics in set in the world of the popular actual play series Critical Role.
In order to get the scoop on the game, which just hit Kickstarter, we chatted with both Will Kirkby and Grant Howitt about their creative process.
Bd: Eat the Reich now features a large cast of colorful characters and horrific enemies set in a fully realized version of Nazi-occupied Paris, but the seed of the idea came from humble origins.
Howitt: Just entirely the pun.
- 8/17/2023
- by Aaron Boehm
- bloody-disgusting.com
Charlie White has been streaming on Twitch since it was still known as Justin.tv. The man known as Moist Cr1TiKaL is a legend on the Amazon-owned platform, but he’s making a move that will bring his live broadcasts elsewhere. After ending his exclusive streaming agreement with Twitch, White will be able to diversify his content, especially on his YouTube channel.
White announced his new approach in a video he shared on YouTube. He thanked Twitch for allowing him to terminate a contract that prevented him from streaming on other platforms. “Twitch was nice enough to turn our contract into toilet paper,” he said.
The five million fans who follow White on Twitch don’t need to worry about his account going dark anytime soon. He will continue to go live on that platform while simultaneously exploring his options on YouTube and elsewhere. He explained that Twitch’s strict exclusivity...
White announced his new approach in a video he shared on YouTube. He thanked Twitch for allowing him to terminate a contract that prevented him from streaming on other platforms. “Twitch was nice enough to turn our contract into toilet paper,” he said.
The five million fans who follow White on Twitch don’t need to worry about his account going dark anytime soon. He will continue to go live on that platform while simultaneously exploring his options on YouTube and elsewhere. He explained that Twitch’s strict exclusivity...
- 8/15/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Late Saturday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con, thousands of fans, packed inside a cavernous ballroom, roared to life as the cast for one of the biggest shows to appear at this year’s annual fan convention stepped onto the stage. It was, in fact, one of the only times a cast of actors appeared at Sdcc this year. And it wasn’t for a superhero movie or TV show or any massive franchise backed by a major studio.
Instead, it was for “Critical Role,” the popular, long-running webseries that started as a group of voice actors getting together to play Dungeons & Dragons.
“A question for the audience: anyone who’s doing cosplay, will you please stand up so we can see it?” asked star Liam O’Brien from the stage. Half the crowd — many of whom were dressed as characters from the show — leapt to their feet.
“You look beautiful San Diego!
Instead, it was for “Critical Role,” the popular, long-running webseries that started as a group of voice actors getting together to play Dungeons & Dragons.
“A question for the audience: anyone who’s doing cosplay, will you please stand up so we can see it?” asked star Liam O’Brien from the stage. Half the crowd — many of whom were dressed as characters from the show — leapt to their feet.
“You look beautiful San Diego!
- 7/24/2023
- by Adam B. Vary, Angelique Jackson and Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Behind the camera talents from three of the animated programs hoping to get in at this year’s Emmys sat down with Gold Derby and discussed several topics including their favorite pieces of animation, what their favorite aspect is of telling an animated story, what kind of stories they’d like to see told through animation and the most surprising voice acting they’ve seen. This was all part of Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts panel on TV Animation that included Karina Manashil (“Entergalactic”), Sung Jin Ahn (“The Legend of Vox Machina”) and Colin Heck (“Mulligan”).
You can watch the TV animation group panel above with the people behind these three programs. Click on each person’s name above to be taken to each exclusive interview.
When it came to the animation that inspired them to work in the artform, Heck remembered a very memorable math class where his...
You can watch the TV animation group panel above with the people behind these three programs. Click on each person’s name above to be taken to each exclusive interview.
When it came to the animation that inspired them to work in the artform, Heck remembered a very memorable math class where his...
- 5/25/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Dark Horse Direct reveals their first dynamic bust, featuring two of Critical Role’s most popular half-elves, the brother/sister duo of Vox Machina’s Vax’ildan and Vex’ahlia! Tough to argue that of all the characters spawned from the Critical Role machine, the brother/sister team of Vax and Vex are easily two of the IP’s most popular creations. […]
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- 4/18/2023
- by SteveDunk
- Cinelinx
Ganondorf’s voice has been the talk of the Legend of Zelda community since it was revealed a couple of Tears of the Kingdom trailers ago. At that time, fans had a pretty good idea who that voice actor was (or who they hoped it would be). Well, it turns out those fans were right all along.
Matt Mercer recently confirmed via Twitter that he is portraying Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom. Some of you may know Mercer from his hit D&d web series, Critical Role, but he also has extensive video game voice acting experience. Fallout 4, Persona 5, Overwatch, Destiny 2, Red Dead Redemption 2…Mercer’s roles aren’t always big, but there’s a very good chance you’ve heard his voice in one of your favorite recent games.
Mind you, many fans were convinced that they heard Mercer’s voice in that Tears of the Kingdom trailer as soon as Ganondorf spoke.
Matt Mercer recently confirmed via Twitter that he is portraying Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom. Some of you may know Mercer from his hit D&d web series, Critical Role, but he also has extensive video game voice acting experience. Fallout 4, Persona 5, Overwatch, Destiny 2, Red Dead Redemption 2…Mercer’s roles aren’t always big, but there’s a very good chance you’ve heard his voice in one of your favorite recent games.
Mind you, many fans were convinced that they heard Mercer’s voice in that Tears of the Kingdom trailer as soon as Ganondorf spoke.
- 4/14/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
"Community" began as a conventional single-camera sitcom that balanced humor with romantic drama. But the series became increasingly ambitious through its first three seasons. Episodes parodied action films, zombie thrillers, and "My Dinner With Andre." Background gags and Easter eggs trained audiences to root through each episode for clues. The series could also nail the television fundamentals, as in season 2's bottle episode "Cooperative Calligraphy." "Community" was made by people who loved TV, and were willing to pull every trick in the book to do that love justice. Future seasons would challenge that love, of course. The departure of showrunner Dan Harmon led to a messy season 4, and even his return in the following two seasons wasn't enough to keep the cast from leaving for new and exciting opportunities. But the show's best episodes were so exceptional that it didn't really matter. "'Community' was always a show about underdogs,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
This piece contains mild spoilers for "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
There's no denying the impact that "Dungeons & Dragons" has had on popular culture over the past few decades. The tabletop's deep world-building and encouragement of roleplaying gave it a particular reputation of being for nerds at best, and being the tool of Satanists at worst.
Of course, what was once considered uncool usually becomes cool again, and D&d has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to properties like "Critical Role" and "Stranger Things." It has made a similar inroad to mainstream success as comic books, which saw renewed interest once the Marvel Cinematic Universe made the nerd zone accessible to general audiences. Sure, comic book movies had been successful before, but not at the levels that the MCU brought them to.
Unfortunately, since the MCU first found success with its formula, it has primarily adhered...
There's no denying the impact that "Dungeons & Dragons" has had on popular culture over the past few decades. The tabletop's deep world-building and encouragement of roleplaying gave it a particular reputation of being for nerds at best, and being the tool of Satanists at worst.
Of course, what was once considered uncool usually becomes cool again, and D&d has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to properties like "Critical Role" and "Stranger Things." It has made a similar inroad to mainstream success as comic books, which saw renewed interest once the Marvel Cinematic Universe made the nerd zone accessible to general audiences. Sure, comic book movies had been successful before, but not at the levels that the MCU brought them to.
Unfortunately, since the MCU first found success with its formula, it has primarily adhered...
- 4/1/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
In the final episode of the seminal high school TV comedy-drama Freaks And Geeks, titled ‘Discos and Dragons’, teenage nerd Sam Weir (played by John Francis Daley) is fed up. “I'm sick of being called a geek,” he complains to his friends. “I mean, what's so geeky about us, anyways? We're just guys.” Then, with perfect comic timing, his equally nerdy friend Harris (Stephen Lea Sheppard) approaches him in the school corridor and announces: “Gentlemen. Good news! New Dungeons & Dragons handbook. ‘Deities And Demigods’. We’re gonna have a fun Friday night!”
Criminally cancelled in 2000 after just one season, Freaks And Geeks was at the time perhaps the most accurate on-screen depiction of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. For a long time, D&d — with its high fantasy tropes, its fair maidens, its complex magic, its many-sided dice and its opaque, labyrinthine rules — seemed solely the domain of geeks.
Criminally cancelled in 2000 after just one season, Freaks And Geeks was at the time perhaps the most accurate on-screen depiction of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. For a long time, D&d — with its high fantasy tropes, its fair maidens, its complex magic, its many-sided dice and its opaque, labyrinthine rules — seemed solely the domain of geeks.
- 3/31/2023
- by John Nugent
- Empire - Movies
Admit it: you've always been a little curious about "Dungeons & Dragons," haven't you? Maybe you heard someone talking about the game at work. Or maybe you have a cousin who spoke about their home campaigns at the last family gathering. But with the release of "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," suddenly you're seeing tabletop roleplaying games everywhere you look. It feels like a sign from on high — or, at the very least, a blossoming hyperfixation.
But that hyperfixation comes with a lot of questions. For example, how do you learn more about roleplaying games? Are there games other than "Dungeons & Dragons" you should try? And even if you know what you want to play, how do you find a group to join? Thankfully, as someone who started playing roleplaying games at the tender age of 35, I have some pretty strong opinions on how to make the leap.
But that hyperfixation comes with a lot of questions. For example, how do you learn more about roleplaying games? Are there games other than "Dungeons & Dragons" you should try? And even if you know what you want to play, how do you find a group to join? Thankfully, as someone who started playing roleplaying games at the tender age of 35, I have some pretty strong opinions on how to make the leap.
- 3/31/2023
- by Matthew Monagle
- Slash Film
The year is 2023. Famous movies are now roleplaying games. Famous roleplaying games are now movies. The geeks have inherited the Earth, and they are not content to take your 20-sided dice. They want your three-day opening weekend box office grosses too.
Typically, Cardboard Cinema -- this column by yours truly -- is not blessed with this abundance of cinematic riches. Part of the fun for me is to find games that capture the essence of popular cultures, such as last month's "R'lyehwatch." But this month? This month we're flush, exploring blockbuster franchises of screens big and small with "The Walking Dead" and "Terminator." Oh, and we have a new movie this weekend about dragons in dungeons of some sort directed by the comedic geniuses behind "Game Night." So, you know, slow news week in the land of tabletop.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Takes Tabletop Hollywood
Over the years,...
Typically, Cardboard Cinema -- this column by yours truly -- is not blessed with this abundance of cinematic riches. Part of the fun for me is to find games that capture the essence of popular cultures, such as last month's "R'lyehwatch." But this month? This month we're flush, exploring blockbuster franchises of screens big and small with "The Walking Dead" and "Terminator." Oh, and we have a new movie this weekend about dragons in dungeons of some sort directed by the comedic geniuses behind "Game Night." So, you know, slow news week in the land of tabletop.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Takes Tabletop Hollywood
Over the years,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Matthew Monagle
- Slash Film
The idea of a "Dungeons & Dragons" movie has felt like a no-brainer for quite a while now. The game dates back to 1974 and spent many years as the marker of a true nerd. Celebrating all things nerdy has long since become the cultural norm, however, and D&d has never been more popular than it is right now! Not only are more people getting into the game themselves, but there are also D&d podcasts like "The Adventure Zone," references to the game on popular shows like "Stranger Things," Twitch gameplays like "Critical Role," and the show inspired by it, "The Legend of Vox Machina." It was only a matter of time before someone put the brand name to good use and brought the joys of adventuring to the big screen.
Coming to theaters soon is the answer to all those wishes: "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," which...
Coming to theaters soon is the answer to all those wishes: "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," which...
- 3/2/2023
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Some partnerships are forged in the heat of battle; John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s was built geeking out over home movies.
Daley, fresh from his debut as one of the geeks on the cult TV classic “Freaks and Geeks,” was one of the teen stars of the 2000-01 ABC sitcom “The Geena Davis Show,” and Goldstein was the youngest member of the writing staff. One day, Daley grabbed Goldstein to show him the stop-motion short film he’d made of himself getting hit by a car. “It was amazing — really well done,” recalls Goldstein, who is sitting across from Daley in their small office on the Paramount studio lot. “And I, of course, was like, ‘All right, I’m bringing in the shorts that I made when I was his age.’”
They stayed friends and, years later, began writing together, leading to a successful decade as screenwriters and...
Daley, fresh from his debut as one of the geeks on the cult TV classic “Freaks and Geeks,” was one of the teen stars of the 2000-01 ABC sitcom “The Geena Davis Show,” and Goldstein was the youngest member of the writing staff. One day, Daley grabbed Goldstein to show him the stop-motion short film he’d made of himself getting hit by a car. “It was amazing — really well done,” recalls Goldstein, who is sitting across from Daley in their small office on the Paramount studio lot. “And I, of course, was like, ‘All right, I’m bringing in the shorts that I made when I was his age.’”
They stayed friends and, years later, began writing together, leading to a successful decade as screenwriters and...
- 3/1/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Epic fantasy series based on hugely popular and intricate books are on almost every network and streamer, from “House of the Dragon” and “The Rings of Power” to “The Witcher” and “The Wheel of Time.” Then there’s Amazon Prime Video’s “The Legend of Vox Machina,” an animated series as intricate and complex as any of its live-action counterparts, but with a key difference: Its source material is “Critical Role,” an improvised livestream on YouTube and Twitch in which professional actors portray characters playing Dungeons & Dragons.
“Having room to play and improv can fall by the wayside when writing for animation,” series writer Meredith Kecskemety told IndieWire. “You’re writing for the actor and you’re writing for the board artists all to determine a single performance, but having this tabletop, improvised foundation lends itself to being adapted to the screen. You already have a chemistry formed at...
“Having room to play and improv can fall by the wayside when writing for animation,” series writer Meredith Kecskemety told IndieWire. “You’re writing for the actor and you’re writing for the board artists all to determine a single performance, but having this tabletop, improvised foundation lends itself to being adapted to the screen. You already have a chemistry formed at...
- 2/28/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Indiewire
"Dungeons & Dragons," and tabletop RPGs in general, are some of the most fun you can do with a group. The crafting of a fantasy world and the improvised telling of a story as a community is exhilarating, and it's no surprise that livestream campaigns of these games have become so popular in recent years. As time-consuming as the games can be, they offer long-form storytelling that can never be replicated, because no two tables and no two campaigns are the same.
Of course, there are "Dungeons & Dragons" livestreams and then there's "Critical Role," a livestream show where a group of voice actors, led by Matt Mercer, play a game of "D&d." The show started streaming in 2015 and it quickly grew to titanic levels of popularity, with millions of views and subscribers. Fans were drawn to the show's laugh-out-loud crude humor, tear-jerking moments, and its story full of twists and turns,...
Of course, there are "Dungeons & Dragons" livestreams and then there's "Critical Role," a livestream show where a group of voice actors, led by Matt Mercer, play a game of "D&d." The show started streaming in 2015 and it quickly grew to titanic levels of popularity, with millions of views and subscribers. Fans were drawn to the show's laugh-out-loud crude humor, tear-jerking moments, and its story full of twists and turns,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
On the surface, "The Legend of Vox Machina" is the perfect fit for an animated series. Take the first season of the hugely successful actual play podcast "Critical Role," translate its fantastical story to the screen, bring in the show's crew of voice actors to play their characters, and pick the talented Studio Grackle (best known for contributing animation to the popular video game "Hades") to handle the opening credits. It's a slam dunk. Then you crunch the numbers. The first "Critical Role" campaign, on which "Vox Machina" is based, is 115 episodes and totals "about 400 hours," per player Travis Willingham in an interview with Inverse. By contrast, each season of "The Legend of Vox Machina" is 12 episodes long. An episode runs roughly 24 minutes.The recent release of the second season brings the runtime of the "Vox Machina" animated series to under 12 hours, less than three percent the total length of the first campaign.
- 2/4/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
It’s almost impossible to discount the success of The Legend of Vox Machina, Prime Video‘s animated series based on the Dungeons & Dragons campaign originally started by the media company known as Critical Role. Ahead of its second season and during October’s New York Comic Con, the series announced a surprise third season renewal. Then, just five days after the Season 2 premiere on January 20, Amazon Studios announced a multi-year television and first-look deal, which will include a new animated series based on Critical Role’s second campaign The Mighty Nein. All this, plus a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes! While the first season of the show found the unlikely group of heroes coming together and learning how to work as a team, the second season kicks things into high gear by introducing challenges both emotional and dangerous (their main foe this time around is a group of...
- 2/2/2023
- TV Insider
Roleplaying Games are having a moment right now. We've got a very silly and fun-looking "Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" movie on the horizon that seems to embrace all the absurdities and wild swings a typical campaign brings to basic stories of plundering and battle and then there are the folks at Critical Role who have long had a deal with Amazon that just got significantly better.
If you're not familiar with "Critical Role," it's a web series that has a fun group of people gathering together to play out multi-year "Dungeons and Dragons" campaigns.
In January of 2022, Amazon released an animated adaptation of their first big campaign "The Legend of Vox Machina" and today we found out thanks to the good folks at Variety that Amazon is all-in with "Critical Role" and will be developing a new series based on another campaign they did called, "The Mighty Nein,...
If you're not familiar with "Critical Role," it's a web series that has a fun group of people gathering together to play out multi-year "Dungeons and Dragons" campaigns.
In January of 2022, Amazon released an animated adaptation of their first big campaign "The Legend of Vox Machina" and today we found out thanks to the good folks at Variety that Amazon is all-in with "Critical Role" and will be developing a new series based on another campaign they did called, "The Mighty Nein,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
Amazon Studios is getting into business with Critical Role, the company behind Prime Video’s The Legend of Vox Machina animated series, with a multiyear exclusive overall television and first-look film deal.
The first official project under the new pact is animated series Mighty Nein, based on Critical Role’s successful second campaign. 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. The new series will soon begin production and will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. You can watch a teaser above.
Critical Role will continue to produce under its production banner, Metapigeon, which will develop its own original television shows, films, and content while continuing to partner with creatives on a new slate of projects, both...
The first official project under the new pact is animated series Mighty Nein, based on Critical Role’s successful second campaign. 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. The new series will soon begin production and will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. You can watch a teaser above.
Critical Role will continue to produce under its production banner, Metapigeon, which will develop its own original television shows, films, and content while continuing to partner with creatives on a new slate of projects, both...
- 1/25/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Critical Role, a media company behind the acclaimed animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina,” has scored a multiyear exclusive overall television and first-look film deal with Amazon Studios.
Under the agreement, Critical Role will produce an animated television series based on its highly successful livestream campaign “Mighty Nein,” which follows a group of criminals and misfits who are the only ones who can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands. Watch a teaser trailer for the show above.
“Mighty Nein” will be executive produced by Tasha Huo, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham alongside Metapigeon and Amazon Studios. Chris Prynoski (“The Legend of Vox Machina”), Shannon Prynoski (“Fairfax”), Antonio Canobbio (“Arlo the Alligator Boy”), and Ben Kalina (“Big Mouth”) at Titmouse will also executive produce.
The series, which will soon begin production, is slated to premiere on...
Under the agreement, Critical Role will produce an animated television series based on its highly successful livestream campaign “Mighty Nein,” which follows a group of criminals and misfits who are the only ones who can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands. Watch a teaser trailer for the show above.
“Mighty Nein” will be executive produced by Tasha Huo, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham alongside Metapigeon and Amazon Studios. Chris Prynoski (“The Legend of Vox Machina”), Shannon Prynoski (“Fairfax”), Antonio Canobbio (“Arlo the Alligator Boy”), and Ben Kalina (“Big Mouth”) at Titmouse will also executive produce.
The series, which will soon begin production, is slated to premiere on...
- 1/25/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
The Powers That Be have spoken, and it’s their turn to roll. Amazon Studios, which produces the acclaimed animation series The Legend of Vox Machina, announced today that it would be expanding the world of media company Critical Role with a multiyear exclusive television and first-look film deal. Up first in the newest content to be produced by the streamer: Mighty Nein, a brand new animated series based on Critical Role’s second campaign of the same name. “With the success of our animated series The Legend of Vox Machina, we are looking forward to continuing our relationship with Critical Role and expanding its universe with Mighty Nein,” Vernon Sanders, head of global television, Amazon Studios, said in a press release. “Expanding these iconic franchises for our global Prime Video customers continues to be an ambitious and rewarding journey and we are eager to see where this new series takes us.
- 1/25/2023
- TV Insider
Amazon has made a mighty embrace of the Critical Role cinematic universe.
Amazon Studios announced a multiyear exclusive overall TV and first-look film deal with Critical Role, the media company and D&d role-playing group behind Prime Video’s popular adult animation series “The Legend of Vox Machina.”
The first new series to be produced under the agreement is “Mighty Nein,” based on Critical Role’s second campaign, which ran from January 2018 to mid-2021. The Mighty Nein adventuring party — a band of criminals and misfits — are the only ones who can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands. “Mighty Nein” is set to begin production shortly in partnership with animation studio Titmouse, which has teamed with Critical Role and Amazon Studios for “Vox Machina.” The series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video, but there’s no release date as yet.
Amazon Studios announced a multiyear exclusive overall TV and first-look film deal with Critical Role, the media company and D&d role-playing group behind Prime Video’s popular adult animation series “The Legend of Vox Machina.”
The first new series to be produced under the agreement is “Mighty Nein,” based on Critical Role’s second campaign, which ran from January 2018 to mid-2021. The Mighty Nein adventuring party — a band of criminals and misfits — are the only ones who can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands. “Mighty Nein” is set to begin production shortly in partnership with animation studio Titmouse, which has teamed with Critical Role and Amazon Studios for “Vox Machina.” The series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video, but there’s no release date as yet.
- 1/25/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Everyone’s favorite (and sometimes morally corrupt) band of adventurers are back in action — and this time, they’re not just contending with evil sorcerers and soul-sucking demons. They’re dealing with something much more deadly: dragons. Prime Video and Critical Role have officially announced the premiere date and episode count for the Season 2 premiere of the hit animated series The Legend of Vox Machina, which fans can look forward to watching when it premieres January 20. The second season will consist of 12 episodes, with three episodes premiering per week. Based on the Critical Role web series and its first Dungeons & Dragons campaign, the Season 1 of The Legend of Vox Machina saw the unlikely fantasy heroes on a quest to save Exandria from the powerful, dark magic of Sirius and Delilah Briarwood. While they prevailed (and strengthened their friendship in the process), the end of the season teased that nothing good lasts forever,...
- 12/15/2022
- TV Insider
“The Legend of Vox Machina” has been renewed for Season 3 at Amazon. The announcement was made as part of the show’s New York Comic Con panel.
The show was renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere, with Season 2 set to debut in January. Amazon also released a first look at Season 2, which can be seen below. Per the official description of the new season, “After saving the realm from evil and destruction at the hands of the most terrifying power couple in Exandria, Vox Machina is faced with saving the world once again—this time, from a sinister group of dragons known as the Chroma Conclave.”
“The Legend of Vox Machina” is based on the characters and adventures featured in Critical Role, a web series in which a group of voice actors get together to play “Dungeons & Dragons.” The first season of “The Legend of Vox Machina...
The show was renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere, with Season 2 set to debut in January. Amazon also released a first look at Season 2, which can be seen below. Per the official description of the new season, “After saving the realm from evil and destruction at the hands of the most terrifying power couple in Exandria, Vox Machina is faced with saving the world once again—this time, from a sinister group of dragons known as the Chroma Conclave.”
“The Legend of Vox Machina” is based on the characters and adventures featured in Critical Role, a web series in which a group of voice actors get together to play “Dungeons & Dragons.” The first season of “The Legend of Vox Machina...
- 10/7/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Fantasy is once again resurgent on our television screens. "House of the Dragon," a spin-off of the mega-hit "Game of Thrones," is in the middle of its first season. Meanwhile, Amazon has launched "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," one of the most expensive television productions ever made. As a fan of genre fiction, I suppose I should be celebrating. Instead, I can't help but be frustrated. The genre of fantasy includes countless weird and fascinating works, including the award-winning "Broken Earth" trilogy published in just the past few years. Yet several of the novels being adapted are epic fantasy stories published in the 1990s. What about everything else?
The following is a list of fantasy works I believe would make excellent television. Some are set in other worlds, others are set in ours. Some are short stories, others are long-running works of webfiction. I sought to...
The following is a list of fantasy works I believe would make excellent television. Some are set in other worlds, others are set in ours. Some are short stories, others are long-running works of webfiction. I sought to...
- 9/7/2022
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
No one streamer dominates the animation lane currently. Among the 10 most in-demand series in the United States for the first-quarter of 2022, Netflix series take up four spots — but Amazon Prime Video holds the two top spots on the list, according to Parrot Analytics‘ data, which takes into account consumer research, streaming, downloads and social media, among other consumer engagement. As Prime Video tries to figure out its identity in a new streaming space crowded with intense competition from some of the best studios and networks in Hollywood, finding an area that’s growing in demand but isn’t being dominated by any one streaming company provides a great opportunity. That much can be seen from Netflix’s 40 standing in the top 10. Prime Video had the two most in-demand animated series in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2022. “The Legend of Vox Machina,” from the team who works on...
- 5/20/2022
- by Parrot Analytics
- The Wrap
Hark! The "Dungeons & Dragons" movie has an official title, complete with a nifty little animated title reveal trailer to get fans pumped. The upcoming feature film stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, and Justice Smith and is directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, and fans are absolutely ready to have a "Dungeons & Dragons" movie that isn't a total disaster. The tabletop role-playing game can be massively fun, and shows and podcasts like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone have proven that there are ways to use the worlds to tell amazing stories that everyone can enjoy, even if they're not actively playing.
Hopefully the creative team all...
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- 4/21/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for the first six episodes of The Legend of Vox Machina.
There’s an old adage in tabletop roleplaying circles: no one is as interested in your character and campaign as you are. But the popularity of podcasts like Adventure Zone and Critical Role have revealed that with the right storytellers and cast, there’s a large audience eager to follow characters on their wacky adventures. Following a wildly successful, record breaking Kickstarter to fund an animated special, the Critical Role team expanded their initial idea from a short animated project to a full season, picked up by Amazon Prime Video.
Clearly, the fans of the podcast would follow the cast to the animated adaptation. But what about viewers who’d never listened to the extensive campaign? They might find some value in the venture as well…after a few episodes.
As the animated series starts,...
There’s an old adage in tabletop roleplaying circles: no one is as interested in your character and campaign as you are. But the popularity of podcasts like Adventure Zone and Critical Role have revealed that with the right storytellers and cast, there’s a large audience eager to follow characters on their wacky adventures. Following a wildly successful, record breaking Kickstarter to fund an animated special, the Critical Role team expanded their initial idea from a short animated project to a full season, picked up by Amazon Prime Video.
Clearly, the fans of the podcast would follow the cast to the animated adaptation. But what about viewers who’d never listened to the extensive campaign? They might find some value in the venture as well…after a few episodes.
As the animated series starts,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
"The Legend of Vox Machina" is a new animated fantasy TV series, produced by Critical Role Productions, Titmouse, Inc. and Amazon Studios, based on Campaign One of the "Dungeons & Dragons" series "Critical Role", starring Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray and Sam Riegel, with Season One streaming January 28, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video:
"...set in 'Exandria, the story takes place on the continent of 'Tal'Dorei' in the metropolis of 'Emon' and the city-state of 'Whitestone'.
"The seven-member 'Vox Machina' team go on their first 'grown-up' mission...
"...as the Vox Machina crew avenge the murder of the rulers of the town of Whitestone by the evil 'Lord' and 'Lady Briarwood'..."
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"...set in 'Exandria, the story takes place on the continent of 'Tal'Dorei' in the metropolis of 'Emon' and the city-state of 'Whitestone'.
"The seven-member 'Vox Machina' team go on their first 'grown-up' mission...
"...as the Vox Machina crew avenge the murder of the rulers of the town of Whitestone by the evil 'Lord' and 'Lady Briarwood'..."
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- 1/28/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Variety asked bonafide Dungeons & Dragons expert Spencer Crittenden — of “Harmontown” and “HarmonQuest” fame — to watch Amazon Prime Video’s new series “The Legends of Vox Machina” and give his take on the show. Crittenden knows a thing or two about turning his experience as a Dungeon Master into a bit of a career, and that’s exactly what the Critical Role team has done on their popular D&d stream — which has now led to “Vox Machina.” Here’s Crittenden’s review.
It’s hard to explain to the outside observer what Amazon Prime Video’s new animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” means for the D&d fans of the world. Dungeons and Dragons, the once-reviled and still deeply misunderstood fantasy game, is enjoying unprecedented popularity in our current age of never-ending content and streaming. Thousands of creators have all garnered millions of views on Dungeons and Dragons content,...
It’s hard to explain to the outside observer what Amazon Prime Video’s new animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” means for the D&d fans of the world. Dungeons and Dragons, the once-reviled and still deeply misunderstood fantasy game, is enjoying unprecedented popularity in our current age of never-ending content and streaming. Thousands of creators have all garnered millions of views on Dungeons and Dragons content,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Spencer Crittenden
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains some spoilers for Critical Role campaign 3.
Critical Role, the live role-playing series, can be, in a word, daunting. The actual-play stream has been running for years, featuring a cast of professional voice actors and friends playing characters in long-running campaigns once a week, every Thursday, for four hours a session. That’s a huge time sink for the uninitiated, and it can be intimidating! Fortunately, now’s a great time to get started.
Last October, Critical Role returned from a hiatus with their third campaign set in Dm Matt Mercer’s homebrew world of Exandria. Where the first two campaigns explored the continents of Tal’dorei and Wildemount, this new one is set in Marquet.
It’s an exciting time, learning a new chapter of a campaign setting’s world, learning a new land and new characters alongside it. While the characters of the first two campaigns...
Critical Role, the live role-playing series, can be, in a word, daunting. The actual-play stream has been running for years, featuring a cast of professional voice actors and friends playing characters in long-running campaigns once a week, every Thursday, for four hours a session. That’s a huge time sink for the uninitiated, and it can be intimidating! Fortunately, now’s a great time to get started.
Last October, Critical Role returned from a hiatus with their third campaign set in Dm Matt Mercer’s homebrew world of Exandria. Where the first two campaigns explored the continents of Tal’dorei and Wildemount, this new one is set in Marquet.
It’s an exciting time, learning a new chapter of a campaign setting’s world, learning a new land and new characters alongside it. While the characters of the first two campaigns...
- 1/27/2022
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
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