Heated Rivalry Gets Renewed for Season 2 at HBO Max

After a surge of popularity crossed streaming and societal platforms, Canadian streaming work Crave and HBO Max announced the renewal of Heated Rivalry, the blockbuster hockey romance play for a 2nd season.

The announcement came from the stars of the show, Hudson Williams (who plays Shane Hollander) and Connor Storrie (who plays Ilya Rozanov) successful an Instagram video. The 2 unwrapped a acquisition container which had "Heated Rivalry" written connected 1 broadside of a hockey puck, and erstwhile turned over, the words, "Season 2" appeared.

Heated Rivalry is an orginal bid connected Crave, created by director, writer, and producer, Jacob Tierney and based disconnected a fictional enemies-to-lovers caller by Rachel Reid, which follows rookie nonrecreational hockey players arsenic they travel up arsenic superstar hockey players successful the league, portion besides processing feelings for 1 another. Not lone bash they person to navigate being rivals – which the league and media are loving pushing into the limelight – but besides their (somewhat confusing) feelings for 1 another, portion hiding their idiosyncratic secrets from everyone successful their lives.

Heated Rivalry Season 1 photograph still. Credit: Bell Media

Tierney and Executive Producer, Brendan Brady shared successful a statement, “Watching our amusement go an planetary improvement has been extraordinary. We’re profoundly grateful to everyone that has been connected this travel with us. Being renewed for a 2nd play truthful aboriginal is simply a existent honor, and we can’t hold to bring you adjacent much of what you love.”

Just 1 week earlier Heated Rivalry was acceptable to aerial connected Crave successful Canada connected November 28, HBO Max picked it up for US and Australian distribution, Storrie told Vanity Fair. Since then, different countries person been added for streaming rights, including New Zealand and Spain. HBO Max is making much deals to grow organisation globally successful territories including Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Season 1 consists of six-episodes dropping play connected Fridays astatine Midnight ET / 9pm PT, with occurrence 4 having dropped today, and the remaining episodes coming retired connected December 19 and the finale connected December 26. Season 2 is rumored to person a longer season, and volition travel the sequel publication successful Reid's LGBTQ+ series.

Stay tuned to IGN for much quality connected Heated Rivalry arsenic the Season 1 finale gets closer!

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