New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Justice Smith and Charles Gillespie have joined the cast of Heated Rivalry Season 2, expanding the ensemble of the acclaimed hockey drama ahead of its scheduled premiere in Spring 2027.

Smith, knows for films including I Saw the TV Glow and Now You See Me: Now You Don't, will Harris Dover, while Gillespie, whose credits include One Night Only, Splitsville, and Suze has been cast as Troy Barrett. The pair will join Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, who will reprise their leading roles as Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov.

Heated Rivalry was created by Jacob Tierney and is based on Rachel Reid's bestselling Game Changers book series. The first season centred on the complicated relationship between rival hockey player...