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Heated Rivalry officially got the Funko Pop treatment. The company has released figurines of the show’s main characters Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, along with a paired figurine.
The show also announced special edition Blu-ray and DVD versions of Heated Rivalry’s first season, released for pre-order. The cover for Tierney’s upcoming book, I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry, was also recently revealed. A collection of annotated Heated Rivalry scripts is slated for release in October.
Heated Rivalry Pop! Shane & Ilya 2-Pack
Estimated Ship Date: 12/15/26.
Heated Rivalry’s soundtrack was just released physically with several vinyl and special edition variants. It fared well on the Billboard charts. The soundtrack debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums, Indie Store Album Sales and Soundtracks charts and No. 2 on the album sales chart.
Hailing from Canadian streamer Crave and airing on HBO Max in the U.S., Heated Rivalry centers on a fictional hockey universe based on the popular romance books by Reid. The show’s first season is based on the second novel, Heated Rivalry. Tierney created, wrote and directed the series.
Heated Rivalry focuses on two rival professional players — Canada-born Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) of the fictitious Montreal Metros and Russia-born Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) of the fictitious Boston Raiders — as they navigate a near-decade-long situationship-turned-relationship. The show has made certified stars out of both Storrie and Williams.
Heated Rivalry Pop! Ilya Rozanov
Estimated Ship Date: 12/15/26.
Heated Rivalry Pop! Shane Hollander
Estimated Ship Date: 12/15/26.
In the months since the show’s premiere, the pair have presented at the Golden Globes, served as torchbearers in the 2026 Olympic Torch Relay, attended the Met Gala and each booked post-Heated Rivalry roles.
Crave renewed Heated Rivalry for a second season early into the show’s first season run. HBO Max has confirmed it will continue to air the series. The show is slated to shoot the second season this summer and is aiming for a spring 2027 release. The upcoming season will be based on the next installment of Shane and Ilya’s story in Reid’s novels, The Long Game, along with the fifth book in the series, Role Model.
Reid announced earlier this year that she’ll be publishing her seventh book in the Game Changers series. The book, Unrivaled, will be the next chapter in Shane and Ilya’s story, which is set to be released in June 2027.
