Heated Rivalry Showrunner Teases New Source Material for Season 2
At BookCon in New York City, Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney discussed upcoming developments for Season 2 of the queer hockey drama series, which adapts Rachel Reid’s Game Changers book series. Tierney, who serves as creator, writer, and director, confirmed that Season 2 will be based on book 6 of the series, “The Long Game,” which serves as a sequel to “Heated Rivalry” (book 2). The season will follow protagonists Shane Hollander (played by Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) as their relationship progresses to the next stage. Tierney is currently deep in the scriptwriting process for Season 2. During the panel appearance, Reid discussed her seventh Game Changers book, titled “Unrivaled,” which continues to chronicle the lives and relationship dynamics of the series’ central hockey players.