Heated Rivalry Season 2 and Season 3 Are Filming Back-to-Back, Plus a Christmas Movie Is Coming!

Over the weekend, the Heated Rivalry towers were hit with some news that might have sent fans into a frenzy, but honestly, it’s something many of us had already started suspecting. After months of little clues, theories, and comments that had us connecting the dots, Deadline has revealed that the hit hockey romance isn’t just coming back for Season 2. Season 3 is also on the way, and both seasons are reportedly filming back-to-back!

If that wasn’t enough to make our day, there’s another surprise waiting for us. According to Deadline’s exclusive report, a standalone Heated Rivalry movie is also in the works, and it’s going to be a Christmas special centered on none other than Scott Hunter (François Arnaud) and Kip Grady (Robbie G.K.). 

Yes, Hollanov fans, we’re getting more Heated Rivalry with two seasons (so far), and Scott and Kip are getting their own holiday moment!

The two six-episode seasons are reportedly filming consecutively, with production expected to wrap around late November or early December. The Christmas-themed movie is then expected to shoot in December this year, with plans for a theatrical release in time for the holidays next year. While details about the project are still limited, Deadline reports that it will focus on Scott and Kip, with other familiar faces from the series potentially joining them.

And if you’ve read Rachel Reid’s Game Changers bonus content, you might already have an idea of what this movie could be adapting. Reid previously shared a short story titled Merry Christmas, Scott and Kip! on her website, although it has since been archived and is no longer available there. The festive story follows the couple as they spend their first Christmas together at Kip’s parents’ house in Brooklyn, giving us a chance to see them navigate a very different kind of challenge: spending the holidays with family as a newly established couple.

Also, we don’t know about y’all, but now that the door to Rachel Reid’s shorter stories seems to be opening, can we start putting in a few requests? My Dinner with Hayden and Halloween With Ilya would be fantastic additions to the series, and we’d certainly have no complaints if the creative team found ways to bring more of Reid’s short stories to life. There are plenty of characters and little moments from the Game Changers universe we’d love to spend more time with.

As for the upcoming seasons, Season 2 is expected to continue Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov’s (Connor Storrie) story, adapting Reid’s The Long Game, while also introducing Harris Drover (Justice Smith) and Troy Barrett (Charlie Gillespie), whose romance is explored in Role Model. The confirmation of a third season is particularly exciting because both books take place during the same period, meaning their stories can unfold in parallel just as they do in the novels, rather than having to squeeze two romances into a single six-episode season. With 12 episodes reportedly on the way across the two seasons, there’s plenty of room to do both stories justice.

Of course, it’s worth remembering that Crave has not officially confirmed the additional projects, telling Deadline that there are no projects to announce. Still, the report gives us plenty to be excited about, especially with Season 2 already expected to premiere in spring 2027.

So, to recap: two six-episode seasons filming back-to-back, a Christmas movie featuring Scott and Kip, and potentially even more opportunities to explore the Game Changers universe. We thought we were getting a second season, and now we’re apparently getting a whole lot more. We really weren’t ready for this kind of early holiday gift!

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Heated Rivalry Season 2 is set to premiere in Spring 2027. Season 1 of Heated Rivalry is available to stream on Crave (Canada), HBO Max (U.S. & Other Regions), Sky (New Zealand, UK), and Movistar Plus+ (Spain). Follow us on X and Instagram for all queer stuff!

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