Highlights
- Heated Rivalry Season 1 hits 650 U.S. movie theaters Nov. 6 to Nov. 30, led by Regal with AMC and Cinemark.
- All six episodes screen as three $9.99 double features, from “Rookies” and “Olympians” to “The Cottage.”
- Regal adds cast welcome content and themed cocktails as Season 2 films in Toronto ahead of an April 2027 premiere.
Shane and Ilya are trading the cottage for the cineplex. All six episodes of Heated Rivalry‘s first season are heading to cinemas across North America, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand.
Regal is running the U.S. rollout, screening the series at more than 275 of its own locations and distributing it to 650 theaters total, including AMC and Cinemark. Brooks LeBoeuf, Regal’s senior vice president of U.S. content, said the goal is to “give fans a reason to experience it together.”
The season plays in order as three double features: “Rookies” and “Olympians,” then “Hunter” and “Rose,” then “I’ll Believe in Anything” and “The Cottage.” Each pairing costs $9.99, which LeBoeuf is pitching as “a true theatrical event.”
The run kicks off Nov. 6 and wraps Nov. 30. As Deadline cracked, “The boy aquarium has some competition.”
Regal is sweetening the deal with welcome content from the cast and directors, and participating locations will pour themed cocktails called Summer in Montreal and Russians Don’t Blush. Nothing says date night like a drink inspired by emotional repression.
Distributor Sphere Abacus isn’t playing it cool. Hana Palmer, its executive director of global distribution and partnerships, called the show “a global phenomenon creating a rush of social media and press activity wherever it lands.”
For the three people who missed it, Jacob Tierney‘s series follows rival hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), who are “bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands.” It’s also HBO Max’s top-rated non-animated acquired series since the platform launched in 2020.
The big-screen victory lap lands while Season 2 films in Toronto ahead of an April 2027 premiere. Williams admitted he and Storrie were “possibly overconfident” about slipping right back into their roles.
One Las Vegas station asked fans, “Will you come to the theater this November?” Please, the tickets are already in our cart.
