'That was never the plan': Arcane creators dismiss claims that the hit Netflix show was going to run for five seasons

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Vi looks successful a surgery reflector arsenic she sports achromatic hairsbreadth successful Arcane play 2
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  • Arcane's creators person revealed nan truth astir nan deed show's rumored five-season plan
  • It was ever going to extremity aft 2 seasons, contempt what a caller study claims
  • The rumor was calved retired of a prank pulled connected co-showrunner Christian Linke years ago

Arcane's creators person dismissed reports that nan hugely successful show was primitively going to tally for 5 seasons.

Speaking exclusively to TechRadar earlier Arcane season 2 makes its Netflix debut connected November 9, Christian Linke and Alex Yee said nan business had been blown retired of proportion. Indeed, nan brace admitted it was each conscionable a elemental misunderstanding, pinch its origins stemming from a prank that erstwhile Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent pulled connected Linke years ago.

Linke and Yee's consequence comes basking connected nan heels of a Variety article published connected November 6. Citing sources adjacent to nan Netflix series' production, nan outlet suggested that Arcane was primitively going to tally for 5 seasons. Unsurprisingly, nan communicative dispersed for illustration wildfire crossed nan internet, starring to fans – myself included – to inquire why Riot and Netflix had decided to telephone clip connected Arcane after 2 seasons.

A adjacent up changeable of Jinx looking down astatine an off-screen Vi successful Arcane play 2 section 3

We're not laughing astir this, either, Jinx... (Image credit: Netflix)

As it happens, Arcane play 2 was ever going to beryllium nan deed animated show's last section – Linke telling maine that a two-season arc was settled connected "from nan beginning". And, arsenic Linke and Yee went connected to explain, Vi and Jinx's communicative was ever going to beryllium concluded aft 2 seasons.

"When we started building retired nan communicative aft nan aviator [that we showed internally astatine Riot], that's erstwhile we were for illustration 'Okay, it's going to beryllium 2 seasons,'" Linke revealed. "It was ne'er nan scheme for it to past 5 seasons.

It's almost nan other of what group person interpreted it to be

Alex Yee, Arcane co-creator

"But, what happened was – I deliberation we had nan aviator aliases a fewer episodes, but we still hadn't had nan greenish ray for a afloat season. At nan time, Nicolo thought it would beryllium really funny to propulsion maine into a room and opportunity 'Hey, I cognize you haven't had nan greenish ray yet, and I decided I'm not going to springiness it to you'. I sat there, looking beautiful upset, earlier he added 'Because I'm giving you nan go-ahead for 5 seasons!'. We some laughed but it was, you cognize –"

"It's almost nan other of what group person interpreted it [the five-season rumor] to be," Yee interjected. "Making an animated bid – it has specified a agelong improvement pipeline that it was a batch for america to inquire them [Riot's executive team] to spot america pinch 1 season. But we besides said 'If you want location to beryllium different play soon aft that, we request to commencement moving connected it while we're finishing nan first one'. So, that five-season joke was their measurement of saying 'Hey, we want to springiness you a batch of runway pinch this.'"

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"Yeah, past we said 'okay, it's going to beryllium two, and past we'll turn from there,'" Linke added.

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That "we'll turn from there" quote still suggests that location whitethorn person been talk of different installment, though. So, were location immoderate discussions astir stretching retired play 2's original crippled crossed 2 much entries? After all, a akin attack is being taken by HBO regarding its TV adjustment of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part 2 video game, whose communicative will span The Last of Us play 2 and a sequel season.

"Honestly, nan communicative that's concluding pinch this play is nan 1 we plotted retired from nan get-go pinch nan remainder of nan team," Yee confirmed. "I deliberation we imagined ways that it could spell beyond that, but 1 much play was nan milestone we ever wanted to hit."

"Long communicative short," Linke added, "five seasons was thing but tomfoolery connected our part."

I'll beryllium bringing you much exclusive contented from my chat pinch 1 of nan best Netflix shows' showrunners successful nan days and weeks ahead, truthful cheque backmost successful pinch maine soon for further insights. In nan meantime, publication immoderate of nan different play 2-focused articles I've written earlier Arcane's return connected nan world's best streaming service below.

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