Is Arcane over now that season 2 is done? Is there a season 3?

Arcane is an animated series based on the League of Legends video game from Riot Games. It's run for two seasons on Netflix, has fans fawning over it, and has officially come to an end as of Saturday, November 23. There is no third season of Arcane planned. This is the end.

Or is it? While Arcane may be over as a show, Riot Games has no intention of leaving behind the League of Legends universe as a place where it can set future TV shows and movies. According to Variety, it's already bought a season's worth of scripts from writer Justin Piasecki in preparation for a live-action League of Legends show. This doesn't mean that we're absolutely going to get such a show, but it does indicate that Riot is serious about committing to this universe. It's probably seen other successful video game-to-TV translations like The Last of Us and figured it wants a piece of that pie, and who could blame it?

That same report has it that Christian Linke, the showrunner on Arcane, has been working on an animated feature film set in the League of Legends universe. Linke and his team spent the last several years pouring themselves into creating Arcane, and they're very attached to the characters. might this movie be a direct follow-up? He seemed to hint that he has ideas for where the story could go next while speaking to Animation Magazine:

"We spent nine years at this point on these 11 or so characters, so there’s also something about wanting to make sure that we are able to tell the stories of other characters that we’re also really passionate about."

So the official word is that the second season of Arcane will bring the series to a close, but don't expect it to be the last TV show or movie set in the League of Legends universe, or even the last show or movie to feature those characters. We don't have an official announcement of anything at this date, but I'd bet one will come along sooner or later.

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