Sophie Nélisse Has Finished Her Scenes for Heated Rivalry Season 2
Sophie Nélisse has finished filming her scenes for Season 2 of Heated Rivalry. She told Deadline that she wrapped two days before that interview. She plays Rose Landry in the series, which streams on Crave and HBO Max.
The show is based on Rachel Reid's Game Changer novels. Season 2 adapts her book The Long Game. Production on the new season began in Canada in August.
Work is not slowing down behind the scenes. Creator Jacob Tierney is filming Season 2, Season 3 and a Christmas movie back-to-back, meaning one straight after another with no gap between them. Deadline reports that the second season is set to premiere in spring 2027.
The first season has already done well by one measure. According to Deadline, Heated Rivalry became HBO Max's top acquired scripted series ever, with more than 10.6 million US viewers in two months. "Acquired" means the platform licensed the show from another company rather than producing it itself.
Deadline also reports that 15 actors have been cast for Season 2. They include Justice Smith, Charlie Gillespie, Emily Hampshire, Gerry Dee and Nick Stahl. Other names on the list are Daniel Diemer, Shaheen Jafargholi, Edvin Ryding, Robert Naylor, Sabrina Jalees, Priyanka, Brendan Morgan, David Tomlinson, Michelle Mylett and Lauren Chan.
For viewers, the key date is spring 2027. Until then, the next confirmed step is the cast and crew finishing the work already under way.
