Hudson Williams and Connor Storrieare not thought to have started filmingHeated Rivalryseason 2 yet, with production currently slated to begin in August and the series now eyeing a spring 2027 release.
The update matters because the first season, which landed on HBO Max in late November 2025, became a quiet breakout and turned Williams and Storrie into the faces of one of television's more unlikely word-of-mouth hits.
The news came after weeks of speculation over how quickly the follow-up would move, and whether the adaptation could keep pace with the sudden appetite around Rachel Reid's hockey romance novels. Creator Jacob Tierney has already said the second season is being written, that cameras should roll in August, and that the show is aiming for April 2027, give or take the usual television wobble.
¿Extrañan a Shane Hollander? 👀La plataforma profesional de cine y TV "Production List" actualizó la ficha de "Heated Rivalry" de "en desarrollo" a "en pre-producción", o sea que el proyecto ya avanzó hacia la etapa de preparación previa al rodaje.También hace unas horas Jacob…pic.twitter.com/eQWEDKGK0A
For now, the honest answer to the question in the headline is no. There is no confirmed public sign that Williams and Storrie have begun filmingHeated Rivalryseason 2, and the clearest reporting still points to production starting later this summer.
That may disappoint fans who have spent the intervening months treating every cast update like a small victory lap, but it is also entirely normal for a show that moved from cult curiosity to full-blown breakout at speed.
New clips from the Heated Rivalry press tour with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams.🔗https://t.co/IpojmPS44Opic.twitter.com/iMUV6U0HBh
The first season arrived on HBO Max on 28 November 2025 and, built momentum quickly enough to justify a second run almost immediately. The industry loves to pretend that success arrives in neat, pre-planned phases. In this case, the actors are busy, the scripts are still being finalised, and the production timetable looks exactly like that.
Williams has already lined up another major role in Sofia Banzhaf's thrillerApparatus, opposite Dylan O'Brien, while Storrie is attached to A24'sPeakedand has also hostedSaturday Night Live. In other words, neither actor is waiting around in some frozen holding pattern for the next hockey season to begin. The show may have made them, but it has not paused their careers.
Season 2 is expected to adapt Rachel Reid'sThe Long Game, the sixth book in herGame Changersseries. Tierney has said the material is rich enough that he may split it into two parts, which is the sort of remark that will either thrill fans or make them nervous. He has also said he wanted the relationship between Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov to be treated seriously, not turned into something 'pulpy and soapy.'
Source: International Business Times UK
