{"id":254994,"date":"2026-08-01T12:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/heated-rivalry-season-2-cast-whos-returning-who-likely-wont-be-back-based-on-what-happens-in-the-long-game-book-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:51:28","slug":"heated-rivalry-season-2-cast-whos-returning-who-likely-wont-be-back-based-on-what-happens-in-the-long-game-book-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/heated-rivalry-season-2-cast-whos-returning-who-likely-wont-be-back-based-on-what-happens-in-the-long-game-book-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 Season 2 Cast: Who\u2019s Returning &amp; Who Likely Won\u2019t Be Back Based on What Happens in \u2018The Long Game\u2019 Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">HBO Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countdown to season two of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/heated-rivalry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Heated Rivalry<\/strong><\/a><\/em> is on!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hit gay hockey series \u2013 based on the book of the same name by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/rachel-reid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rachel Reid<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 created, written, and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jacob-tierney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jacob Tierney<\/strong><\/a> premiered on Crave and HBO Max in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weeks after the show premiered, stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/connor-storrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Connor Storrie<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/hudson-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hudson Williams<\/strong><\/a> officially announced that <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/12\/heated-rivalry-renewed-for-season-2-connor-storrie-hudson-williams-confirm-news-in-cute-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewed for a second season<\/a> and that they would be returning as Ilya Rosanov and Shane Hollander, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was also revealed that season two will focus on the sixth book in the series, <em>The Long Game<\/em>, which also focuses on Ilya and Shane\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on characters featured in <em>The Long Game<\/em>, we\u2019ve got a pretty good idea on which cast members will likely be back for season 2, and who won\u2019t be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Browse through the slideshow to see the expected cast for Heated Rivalry season 2\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/01\/heated-rivalry-season-2-cast-whos-returning-who-likely-wont-be-back-based-on-what-happens-in-the-long-game-book-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 Season 2 Cast: Who\u2019s Returning &amp; Who Likely Won\u2019t Be Back Based on What Happens in \u2018The Long Game\u2019 Book<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/01\/heated-rivalry-season-2-cast-whos-returning-who-likely-wont-be-back-based-on-what-happens-in-the-long-game-book-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max The countdown to season two of Heated Rivalry is on! The hit gay hockey series \u2013 based on the book of the same name by Rachel Reid \u2013 created, written, and directed by Jacob Tierney premiered on Crave and HBO Max in November 2025. Weeks after the show premiered, stars Connor Storrie and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-254994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}