A hockey captain, a smoothie-shop barista and a Christmas movie. If that sounds like a promising addition to your festive viewing, Heated Rivalry has some intriguing news.
Deadline reports that seasons two and three are filming back-to-back, with a holiday film focused on Scott Hunter and Kip Grady also planned.
The report points to a December 2027 theatrical release for the film. Crave, however, says it has no new projects to confirm. Those additional plans remain reported developments, rather than an official announcement.
The other hockey romance deserves its moment
François Arnaud plays Scott, the established hockey player whose carefully guarded life changes when he meets Kip, played by Robbie G.K.
Their attraction gives the first season a different rhythm from Shane and Ilya’s rivalry. Scott and Kip connect quickly, but wanting one another is only part of the challenge. They have to work out what kind of relationship they can actually share.
In a joint interview with Swooon, G.K. described Kip as someone grounded in his friendships and family support. Arnaud discussed the cost of Scott asking his boyfriend to keep their relationship hidden.
That tension is familiar beyond the world of professional sport: loving someone and being able to build an open life together are not always the same thing.
Scott and Kip came first on the page
There is a pleasing detail for viewers discovering the novels through the show. Scott and Kip lead Game Changer, the first book in Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series.
Reid’s official book page introduces their relationship through Scott’s pregame routines and repeated visits to Kip’s smoothie counter. A sporting superstition becomes an excuse to return to a man he wants to know better.
Shane and Ilya’s story follows in the second novel, Heated Rivalry. Giving Scott and Kip a separate screen project would put the spotlight back on the couple who started the book series.
What is officially coming next?
Season two is scheduled for spring 2027. Bell Media has also confirmed Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie as Harris Drover and Troy Barrett, joining Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in leading roles.
There are already more characters and relationships on the way. The reported Scott-and-Kip film would offer something especially appealing: time for another couple’s love story to fill the frame.
For now, it belongs on the wish list. But a festive return to these two? We can certainly see the attraction.
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