By now you've probably read several stories about Arcane's reported $250 million budget. Showrunner Christian Linke says while that exact figure is incorrect, the budget is still "high", and he thinks the risk was worth it.
"I think one of the hard things about the creative world is that if you do risky things or things that make people raise their eyebrows, if you stick the landing you're a genius visionary," Linke tells us. "If you don't stick the landing, you're an idiot. And there's really no way around it."
