{"id":27702,"date":"2026-08-04T20:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27702"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:30:32","slug":"heated-rivalry-asks-fans-not-to-crash-season-2-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27702","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heated Rivalry&#8217; Asks Fans Not to Crash Season 2 Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/heated-rivalry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_heated-rivalry_1\" data-tag=\"heated-rivalry\">Heated Rivalry<\/a> <\/em>season two filming is upon us, and production has a plea for its devoted fans: Please don\u2019t crash the set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> TV account and creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jacob-tierney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jacob-tierney_1\" data-tag=\"jacob-tierney\">Jacob Tierney<\/a>\u2019s production company Accent Aigu Entertainment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbnuCT7gfei\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbnuCT7gfei\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">posted a graphic to social media <\/a>Tuesday morning asking their devoted fanbase to give the cast and crew space should they come across any filming that\u2019s expected to happen this summer and fall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cTo our incredible fans and everyone who\u2019s been sharing in the excitement for the show: Your support, enthusiasm, and kindness have meant the world to us,\u201d the post reads. \u201cAs we gear up for more <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em>, please help us in making it the best it can be. If you happen to come across one of our filming locations, please give our cast and crew the space they need to do what they do best.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe post promises fans that it\u2019ll be worth the wait, signing off as their \u201c<em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> family.\u201d It\u2019s likely a needed reminder, as seemingly daily over the last week, pictures of its stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hudson-williams\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hudson-williams_1\" data-tag=\"hudson-williams\">Hudson Williams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/connor-storrie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_connor-storrie_1\" data-tag=\"connor-storrie\">Connor Storrie<\/a> out and about Toronto have been flooding social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHailing from Canadian streamer Crave and airing on HBO Max in the U.S., <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> centers on a fictional hockey universe based on the popular romance books by Reid. The show\u2019s first season is based on the second novel, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1335534636?&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=2abf3cae6a29f5cf68e06cb9f6b87ded&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1335534636?linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=2abf3cae6a29f5cf68e06cb9f6b87ded&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&amp;asc_source=web&amp;asc_campaign=web&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fheated-rivalry-season-2-filming-set-warning-fans-1236663773%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Heated Rivalry<\/a><\/em>. Tierney created, wrote and directed the series. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Heated Rivalry <\/em>first premiered last November and focuses on two rival professional players \u2014\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/heated-rivalry-hudson-williams-interview-1236449733\/\">Canada-born Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams)<\/a>\u00a0of the fictitious Montreal Metros and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/connor-storrie-heated-rivalry-interview-1236444072\/\">Russia-born Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie)<\/a>\u00a0of the fictitious Boston Raiders \u2014 as they navigate a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/heated-rivalry-hudson-williams-connor-storrie-interview-1236448838\/\">near-decade-long situationship<\/a>-turned-relationship. The show exploded in popularity and has made certified stars out of both Williams and Storrie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCrave\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/heated-rivalry-renewed-season-2-hbo-max-crave-1236449140\/\">renewed\u00a0<em>Heated Rivalry<\/em>\u00a0for a second season<\/a>\u00a0early into the show\u2019s first season run. HBO Max has confirmed it will continue to air the series. The show is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/heated-rivalry-season-2-release-date-filming-1236516091\/\">aiming for a spring 2027 release<\/a>. The upcoming season will be based on the next installment of Shane and Ilya\u2019s story in Reid\u2019s novels,\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1335534644?&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=883053ab651cf8212e1a162173395bb0&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1335534644?linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=883053ab651cf8212e1a162173395bb0&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&amp;asc_source=web&amp;asc_campaign=web&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fheated-rivalry-season-2-filming-set-warning-fans-1236663773%2F\" target=\"_blank\">The Long Game<\/a><\/em>, along with the fifth book in the series,\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/133553461X?&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=9309f880e5b9a7741dba9386df2958ed&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/133553461X?linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=9309f880e5b9a7741dba9386df2958ed&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&amp;asc_source=web&amp;asc_campaign=web&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fheated-rivalry-season-2-filming-set-warning-fans-1236663773%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Role Model<\/a><\/em>. Casting for season two\u2019s new characters has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tReid\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/rachel-reid-heated-rivalry-new-book-unrivaled-1236471627\/\">announced earlier this year that she\u2019ll be publishing<\/a>\u00a0her seventh book in the\u00a0<em>Game Changers<\/em>\u00a0series. The book,\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1335002693?&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=e531b8321b920236d42fd095c7225d13&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1335002693?linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=hollywoodre01-20&amp;linkId=e531b8321b920236d42fd095c7225d13&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&amp;asc_source=web&amp;asc_campaign=web&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fheated-rivalry-season-2-filming-set-warning-fans-1236663773%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Unrivaled<\/a><\/em>, will be the next chapter in Shane and Ilya\u2019s story, which is <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/rachel-reids-unrivaled-heated-rivalry-pushed-2027-1236513752\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/rachel-reids-unrivaled-heated-rivalry-pushed-2027-1236513752\/\">set to be released in June 2027<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heated Rivalry season two filming is upon us, and production has a plea for its devoted fans: Please don\u2019t crash the set. The Heated Rivalry TV account and creator Jacob Tierney\u2019s production company Accent Aigu Entertainment posted a graphic to social media Tuesday morning asking their devoted fanbase to give the cast and crew space&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hudson-williams-connor-storrie_2-e1767733262343.jpg?w=1440&h=810&crop=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}