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Critical Role is also working on “Mighty Nein,” another Amazon-backed animated series based on the team’s second long-running “D&D” campaign.
No word yet from Prime Video on an official release date, but the CR said in a June 7 X post that the recording process was underway.
“The Mighty Nein definitely is its own beast. And you can look at the two series side by side, and with the knowledge of them sharing a world, you can see where that connective tissue is,” Critical Role chief creative officer Matthew Mercer said. “But the second campaign that it’s based on had an entirely different vibe and an entirely different story, with a very unique mix of different characters.”
Mercer — who’s also the crew’s regular game master — added that with the “Mighty Nein” series, viewers will see the broader world of Exandria, the world he crafted, and in which all of Critical Role’s campaigns to date have been based.
“We’ll get to see the perspectives outside of the Mighty Nein and how the rest of the world is also wrestling with the rising tensions,” Mercer said.
Cast member and CR cofounder Laura Bailey told BI that in “Mighty Nein,” the cast is getting to explore their characters’ origins more, and in a way that they didn’t get to with Vox Machina.
“You get to see them, their backstories, and them coming together,” Bailey said.