Amazon Studios, Critical Role sign deal and partner on Mighty Nein series

Prime Video animated series The Legend of Vox Machina

Amazon Studios has signed an overall TV and first-look film deal with Critical Role, the media company behind Prime Video’s adult animated series The Legend of Vox Machina.

Critical Role is a web series and Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing group and, under its deal with Amazon Studios, will produce an animated series based on the D&D storyline Mighty Nein.

Mighty Nein follows a group of criminals and misfits who are the only ones who can prevent a kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands.

The series will soon begin production and will premiere on Prime Video worldwide. Critical Role will exec produce under its production banner Metapigeon, alongside Amazon Studios.

Tasha Huo will exec produce with voice actors Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham. Also exec producing are animation studio Titmouse’s president Chris Prynoski, VP Shannon Prynoski, senior VP and chief commercial officer Antonio Canobbio and chief operating officer Ben Kalina.