Legend Of Vox spin-off series The Mighty Nein is making major changes from the original series

The San Diego Comic-Con is bringing about exciting updates for Legend of Vox and the spin-off series The Mighty Nein. The Legend of Vox Machina has been renewed for a fifth and final season by Prime Video, as announced at Comic Con. Additionally, it was also revealed that the spin-off series will also be making its debut on November 19.

The Legend of Vox Machina spin-off, The Mighty Nein, set in the fantasy world of Extandria, was first announced in January 2023. Since then, fans have been eagerly awaiting the adaptation of the core events of Campaign 2. According to the reveals at the San Diego Comic Con, the spin-off is all set to premiere in November, and it will feature some huge changes compared to the original series.

The Legend of Vox Machina spin-off, The Mighty Nein, is set to feature some major differences

The Mighty Nein will be set in the same fictional world as The Legend of Vox Machina. However, it will feature some very big changes compared to the original series. The original series, The Legend of Vox Machina, featured episodes that are 30 minutes in length. According to the panel members from the show, the spin-off will be taking a different route in this regard and will have episodes that are closer to the one-hour mark.

The panel went on to add that the spin-off is a much larger show than the original in more than just the runtime aspect. The Prime Video spin-off, The Mighty Nein, will involve much more expansive world-building. It will reportedly focus much more on the lore of the mighty heroes and the political components involved, as revealed by the showrunner, Tasha Huo, in a conversation with Entertainment Weekly.

"A big thing that drew me to that show was just the trauma of all the characters. So the show reflects a more mature, more elevated storytelling. There's more drama, there is more filmmaking involved. We really try to treat the show like a live-action show, which is tonally different than Vox Machina, but still keeping within the same world."

Additionally, even though the story is set to take place in the same fictional world called Exandria, it will be taking place on a different continent called Wildemount, home to several dynasties and empires. The Mighty Nein will also be taking place after the events of The Legend of Vox Machina, but fans of the show have been promised some very fun converging points between the shows, as Huo explains:

"We want to make sure that everyone understands those two stories do happen in the same world at the same time, even though they're separated by, I think, 20 years."

Additionally, The Mighty Nein will delve much deeper into the characters' individual adventures, instead of all the heroes together at once. This will allow them to explore each of the characters and how they slowly come together into pairs and groups, as explained by Willingham, an executive producer on the project:

"We like to scratch all sorts of itches. With The Legend of Vox Machina, we started with our heroes altogether at once. We really want to buy into who these characters are from The Mighty Nein and how they come together slowly — as pairs, sometimes staying lone wolves for as long as possible, and really fighting for what it is they're looking to achieve in the story. "

"That's the thing that really is going to separate Mighty Nein from Vox. You'll see all of them fighting for their own goals and really resisting working together as a team for quite a long while."

The Comic Con panel also went on to treat the fans with a brief teaser of the upcoming spin-off, The Mighty Nein, revealing the star-studded list of voice actors for the show.

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