![]() It’s another level-up for an outfit that began in 2012 as a group of Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts gathering in one another’s homes. “Vox Machina” is the name of the first Dungeons & Dragons role-playing adventure that the group undertakes, and centers around a team of supernatural mercenaries - elves, dwarves and magic makers - forced to unite to protect their realm from any number of dark forces that assail it, including undead giants, a necromancer and powerful curses. Amazon Prime Video has ordered two 12-episode seasons of “The Legend of Vox Machina,” in addition to securing a first-look development deal with Critical Role. Now, that group of friends - under the banner of the company they formed, Critical Role - joins those bigger-name properties in another milestone: a pickup by a major streaming service. That campaign, for the adult-oriented “Legend of Vox Machina Animated Special,” is now Kickstarter’s highest earning entertainment project ever, with nearly 90,000 backers pledging upwards of $11 million - besting bigger-name properties like “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” revived by Netflix in 2017, and “Veronica Mars,” which became a feature film and, earlier this year, a Hulu original series. “Then it started moving like a gas station pump.” “It started out pretty slow and we were like ‘Oh, well,’” said Willingham, who, with his deep, booming voice, has been cast as Thor in numerous Marvel animated projects. The morning this March they launched their Kickstarter campaign for a small animated project with some voice-acting friends, Travis Willingham and Laura Bailey thought there was a glitch on the crowdfunding site.
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