Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as Ilya Rosanov and Shane Hollander in Heated Rivalry S01E04 / Crave
Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney has revealed that season two will be set “in much more serious territory”.
The hugely-popular drama follows the burgeoning relationship between rival hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rosanov (Connor Storrie), gaining notoriety for its steamy scenes in season one as the pair got to know each other.
By the end of the first season the pair officially got into a relationship and season two – currently being written by Tierney – will explore the challenges that come with a commitment.
“It’s different. It really is different,” Tierney said at BookCon in New York, according to Variety. “And the challenge of it is, from a [book] adaptation point of view, is that you’re in much more serious territory.
“A lot of the initial – there’s still lots of flirting and lots of sex – but this kind of danger, this kind of hotel-room-adolescent-sex stuff is largely gone. And so it presents really new challenges.”
He added: “There’s a [Ingmar] Bergman-y kind of, what do you do after the rush of danger is gone and now you have to live in a relationship where you still aren’t communicating properly, much as you would like to?
“You can say you love each other, but as adults know, there’s so much more to making a relationship a success.”
Season two is due to be filmed this Summer and will be released in early 2027.
