‘The Dragon King’ Kickstarter Launched and Already Funded Following End of ‘The Dragon Prince’ on Netflix

Picture: Wonderstorm

The Dragon Prince team is hoping to continue the series in the form of a continuation series called The Dragon King. It was first unveiled at SDCC a couple of months ago, and today, the Kickstarter officially launched. 

Update: Less than five hours after launch, the Kickstarter has reached its initial funding goal of producing its trailer with over 1,300 backers and is now funding additional stretch goals. 

For those completely out of the loop, let’s bring you up to speed. Netflix gave an unprecedented four-season renewal to The Dragon Prince, with the seventh and what would be the final season of the Netflix show, which launched on December 19th, 2024. Ahead of season 7’s release, the creators at Wonderstorm outlined their intention to continue the show beyond season 7 with arc three, although Netflix was insistent that season 7 would indeed be the last. 

The Kickstarter campaign had a soft launch at SDCC and officially launched today. You can see the full Kickstarter page and back it here, noting that they’re looking to raise $250,000 (~£185,000). Here’s how they describe the future:

“The Dragon King is a new, standalone story. For new viewers, The Dragon King will fire on all cylinders from minute one. Returning fans will experience it as “Arc 3” of the Emmy Award-winning Dragon Prince saga, finding The Dragon King to be a no-holds-barred payoff to the mysteries and slow burn of the original series. Filled with high-octane, world-changing battles and god-level tiers of power, the new series finds most of the beloved characters have returned, now advancing into their adult lives, to face even more complex challenges.”

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Reward tiers range from $25 to $25,000, offering various perks, including a credit on the series, merchandise, character designs, a voice role, and a trip to the Los Angeles premiere. Of course, it’s important to note that even if the Kickstarter is fully funded, that still doesn’t guarantee the project will come to life. It’ll still need to involve a distributor, like Netflix or someone else, to step in and fund the show’s production. It’s an incredibly risky strategy that could backfire if it doesn’t get funded, or even if it does. 

In a Digital Crew Meeting on Discord celebrating the Kickstart announcement, Ehasz suggested that if the Kickstarter is fully funded, it would allow them to continue conversations with providers like Netflix or Hulu, proving to them that the story can be brought to life in a whole series.

Jack de Sena, Paula Burrows, Dante Basco, Racquel Belmonte, and Liam O’Brien are, on paper, signed up to be voice actors in the continuation with Aarron Ehasz, Justin Richmond, and Villads Spangsberg on the creative team.

Picture: Wonderstorm

Picture: Wonderstorm

Picture: Wonderstorm

Picture: Wonderstorm

Creators Lay Out Their Plans For The Dragon King

Earlier this week, the creators spoke with Animation World Network and laid out their plans for The Dragon King. “We quickly realized we didn’t have enough space to dive into the characters and have the resolution we wanted. We didn’t want to rush the story. So, we chose to let Aaravos’ story breathe and build the story of The Dragon King outside of those original seven orders,” Aaron Ehasz told the outlet. 

Justin Richmond also told the outlet that the series is going to be aiming for a much older audience, “As the characters have gotten older, and as our audience has gotten older, we’re keeping pace with them. We’re excited about the kinds of relationships we get to see. We’re trying to be really respectful with it, but also do some new, fun, more mature stuff,” Richmond says.

Ehasz explained that taking The Dragon King to Kickstarter is about more than just funding; it is about building fan involvement directly into the production process. He said the team wants to reward the audience whose passion helped make The Dragon Prince possible in the first place. That means offering meaningful ways for backers to contribute, including opportunities to help cast the adult King Ezran and to serve as part of a “digital crew” with access to early music, themes, and reveals. The idea, he stressed, is to give fans a voice in shaping the show while honoring their long-standing devotion.

Picture: Wonderstorm

Richmond echoed the sentiment, adding that enabling fans to play a role in something bigger than themselves is exactly what Kickstarter is designed for. He emphasized that transparency, collaboration, and feedback are powerful creative tools, and that inviting fans in makes the storytelling stronger and more personal.

The decision to involve fans so deeply ties back to a key choice made years earlier. When The Dragon Prince was first greenlit, Netflix gave Ehasz and Richmond two options: surrender the rights in exchange for full funding, or keep the rights and operate on a leaner budget. They chose to keep ownership, even though it meant “scraping by” to get the show made. That decision now gives them the freedom to greenlight The Dragon King on their own terms, with Kickstarter as the launchpad. They also noted that Netflix hasn’t passed on or greenlit the series, using Vox Machina as an example of a successful Kickstarter to streamer transition to demonstrate demand. 

How have fans reacted to The Dragon King Kickstarter?

Since The Dragon King’s announcement, fan reaction has been mixed across Discord and Reddit, partly due to how the news was framed. Some fans have been cautiously optimistic about the Kickstarter and excited for a continuation in any form. Others have been more critical of the Netflix series’ ending and of the creators for failing to provide a conclusive conclusion or a clear path for bringing The Dragon King to life.

Much of the criticism of The Dragon Prince stems from the fact that the four-season renewal was not fully utilized, and that leaving the story unfinished felt unwarranted. “If you ask me,” reads a thread on the official Dragon Prince Reddit, “they managed to completely stretch it out and give us nothing at the same time. The lore dumps in Arc 2 had interesting premises, but were left unexplored with no satisfactory conclusion. They had more than enough space to tell the stories they needed to. Seasons 4 and 5 could’ve been an email. I do NOT trust them to tell the story right—I wish I did.”

Another thread had fans speculating on why the plans ultimately changed from season 7 being the end of the franchise to instead serving as a launchpad for more. One fan speculated, “Poor writing and poor planning,” adding, “They didn’t have the core story beats down and had too much filler. Take it from me, if you don’t at least have the end of the story in mind and at least two or three critical story beats before you start, you end up like this.”

That said, there’s plenty of enthusiasm too. As of the time of publishing, the Kickstarter has already surpassed $50,000, and Discord in particular is very excited about the future of the franchise. 

Note: Netflix has previously declined to comment on anything regarding the future of The Dragon Prince. Also, full disclosure, I have backed this project.

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