Alex Yee: Last News

Gkids has acquired worldwide (excluding China) videogram and digital transactional rights to the second season of hit animated series, Arcane, created and produced by Riot Games.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year is the biggest night in the sporting calendar, as stars gather to celebrate a year of sports achievements including the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris, Euro 2024 in Germany, and the Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups.The event, held at MediaCity in Salford, kicked off at 7pm on Tuesday 17 December with Gabby Logan, Clare Balding and Alex Scott hosting the event. Alex looked stunning in a strapless black gown, while Clare dazzled in a trouser suit with a bronze brocade jacket and Gabby added to the glamour with a sparkling black fringe dress.The trio were onstage to oversee awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is being given to Sir Mark Cavendish, the Unsung Hero Award, Coach of the Year, Team of the Year, World Sport Star of the Year, Young Sports Personality of the Year, the Helen Rollason Award given for “outstanding achievement in the face of adversity,” and of course, the much sought after Sports Personality of the Year award, for which the nominees are triathlete Alex Yee, para cyclist Dame Sarah Storey, darts player Luke Littler, Real Madrid and England’s Jude Bellingham, cricketer Joe Root, and Keely Hodgkinson, who won a gold over 800m in Paris.

Gabby Logan has candidly shared her thoughts on hosting Sports Personality of the Year 2024 without Gary Lineker, who stepped back from the role last November. Gabby is set to grace the stage for her 11th year at the prestigious awards ceremony, this time with Clare Balding and Alex Scott by her side.

Arcane has officially wrapped up.Created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, the animated series follows sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell) amid a conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.The series is based on Riot Games’ League Of Legends universe, and comes from French animation studio Fortiche.After the first season debuted in 2021, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. The second and final season was released in November 2024.To protect her sister Vi, Jinx attacks Warwick (the laboratory experiment built from the remains of their adopted father Vander).

Arcane would be a viable candidate for the top spot.Based on Riot Games’ League Of Legends universe, the animated series follows sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell) amid a conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.The show is created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee alongside French animation studio Fortiche, which has previously worked on music videos for Gorillaz and virtual League Of Legends pop group K/DA.Arcane’s supporting voice cast includes Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Jason Spisak, Toks Olagundoye and Harry Lloyd.The theme song is ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons and JID, which is used across both seasons of the show.The track was released alongside the first season in October 2021, and later featured on Imagine Dragons’ fifth studio album ‘Mercury – Acts 1 & 2‘.According to showrunner Christian Linke, Arcane came to end as the creators finished the story they originally “had in mind” in season two.Speaking to CinemaBlend, Linke said: “We always had a specific story in mind. Look, you could have stretched it, I’m sure.

Arcane is currently one of the biggest TV shows on Netflix.

Arcane has an impressive soundtrack to match.Created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, the series is set in Riot Games’ League Of Legends universe, and follows sisters Vi and Jinx amid a conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.The show’s voice cast is led by Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell, alongside Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Jason Spisak, Toks Olagundoye and Harry Lloyd.Netflix confirmed the show will end with its second season, which debuted in November 2024.The show’s score is by Alex Seaver and Alexander Temple. The latter has worked on several League Of Legends shorts in the past, while Seaver is a music producer and DJ who is better known under his stage name Mako.You can stream the first act of the show’s score below.The show’s theme song is ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons and JID, which is used across both seasons.The first season features a bunch of songs by other artists, including Denzel Curry and Sting.

UPDATE, Sept. 5: Netflix and Riot has dropped the first full-length trailer for the second and final season of Arcane, and in addition to being the most extensive look at what fans can expect when the series returns this November, the trailer introduces the first song from the new season’s soundtrack.

Team GB have had their mixed triathlon relay silver medal taken and downgraded to a bronze following the USA appealing the initial result.

Alex Yee secured a gold medal for Team GB with a stunning finish in the men's triathlon final on the fifth day of the Paris Olympics. Yee dug deep to secure first place after overtaking front runner Hayden Wilde with just seconds to go.

Ethan Shanfeld Season 2 of Netflix’s League of Legends series “Arcane” will arrive on the streamer inNovember 2024, . The animated show, created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee and based on the Riot Games sensation, was renewed by Netflix in November 2021. Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell will reprise their roles as sisters Vi and Jinx, who are caught on opposing sides of a conflict in the utopian city of Piltover and its poor underbelly, Zaun.

Arcane became the first streaming show to win Best Animated Program at last year’s Emmys.

EXCLUSIVE: Riot Games, the developer and publisher behind League of Legends and the breakout animated series Arcane, has appointed former Disney exec Cristina Fiumara as its first-ever Global Head of Animation Content Development for Film & TV.

EJ Panaligan editor Top gaming business leaders converged to talk about the exciting state of the industry at the Variety Gaming & Entertainment Breakfast Presented by Pixel United on Oct. 4 at the Palm in Beverly Hills. Across keynote conversations and panels with representatives from Riot Games, Pixel United, Meta and other companies, executives dished on the immense film and television crossover potential of gaming intellectual properties for mediums like television and film, the financial dominance of the mobile gaming industry and future metaverse opportunities for video games. Read on below for the key takeaways from each of the breakfast’s three conversations.

William Earl Variety and Nickelodeon are joining forces again for this year’s 10 Animators to Watch event in Los Angeles. The in-person cocktail party and awards ceremony on Oct. 6 will celebrate rising creators in the animation space who are leaving their mark on the industry. This year’s class of trailblazing storytellers includes: Fawn Veerasunthorn, director, “Wish” (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2023); Karissa Valencia, creator and showrunner, “Spirit Rangers”; Juston Gordon-Montgomery, creator, “Invincible Fight Girl”; Christian Linke and Alex Yee, creators, “Arcane”; Neeraja Raj, creator, “Meow or Never”; Shea Fontana, co-EP, “Monster High”; Arthur Fong, art director, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”; Sergio Valdivia, stop-motion animator, “Pinocchio”; Natasha Kline, creator, “Primos”; and Joe Bennett, director, writer, animator, “Scavengers Reign.”

It's not quite been a year since Manchester-born triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Last summer, the 28-year-old went from being on crutches to an Olympic champion in the space of around three months.

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Adam Peaty became the first Brit of all time to retain an Olympic swimming title early today.

Alex Yee secured a silver medal finish for Team GB during the men's individual triathlon, finishing runner-up to Norway's Kristian Blumenfelt.