US Edition'Heated Rivalry' Shares Steamy Sneak Peek Ahead of HBO Max Premiere
The six-episode series features 18 explicit sex scenes emphasizing consent and safe sex, adapting Rachel Reid's bestselling rivals-to-lovers gay hockey romance for Crave and international platforms.
- On Friday, writer-director Jacob Tierney will debut Heated Rivalry, a six-episode series adapted from Rachel Reid's novel, on Canadian streamer Crave.
- The adaptation draws from Rachel Reid's Game Changers—specifically the second novel—and Reid says the scripts are "very loyal" while Tierney resisted executives watering down queer media.
- Tierney emphasized that depicting consent and safe-sex practices—especially Ilya Rozanov getting consent—was central, with reports indicating 18 sex scenes across the six-episode season and filming a racy Las Vegas hotel montage plus a shower scene.
- The series will stream on Crave in Canada and HBO Max in the US and has been acquired by Movistar Plus+ in Spain and Sky in New Zealand, while a two-minute preview released on November 21 generated online buzz.
- New episodes will arrive weekly across the six-episode run, leading up to a finale on December 26, and observers say the holiday season context this year could broaden representation and energize readers and fans of Rachel Reid's books.
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'Heated Rivalry' shares steamy sneak peek ahead of HBO Max premiere
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