The juicy, scandalous, oh-so-good, can’t-stop-watching Rivals will probably be again for a second season, and there’s nonetheless loads of supply materials in Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel of the identical title it might pull.
The primary season dropped on Hulu (Disney+ internationally) in October, then the sequence was renewed for a second in December. “Practically 40 years after my novel Rivals was printed, I’ve adored seeing the world fall in love with my beloved characters – Rutshire’s Most interesting. And it has been a fairytale come true working with Completely satisfied Prince and Disney+ on the primary season. I’m orgasmic with pleasure and can’t look forward to the return of my superhero Rupert Campbell-Black and the remainder of the characters in season two!” Cooper, who additionally serves as an government producer on the present, mentioned in an announcement on the time.
Added Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Chief Artistic Officer of Completely satisfied Prince and Alexander Lamb, Artistic Director of Completely satisfied Prince, “It’s been magical to obtain the love again from viewers that we put into Rivals. The Rivals crew got down to create individuals’s favorite tv present, one thing enduring that our viewers would take to their hearts and watch and rewatch. We’re delighted that we’re returning to Rutshire with Jilly and Disney+. It’s a particular place to be.”
Learn on for every part we learn about Season 2, from the solid to the premiere date and extra.
The place did Rivals Season 1 go away off?
Rivals ended on a serious cliffhanger. Tony (David Tennant) and Rupert (Alex Hassell) and Declan’s (Aidan Turner) competitors for the franchise is simply heating up, with the latter’s Venturer allowed to pitch towards Corinium. However will Tony even be round to see it? After his spouse Monica (Claire Rushbrook) gave him an ultimatum, he nonetheless caught round in his workplace and confronted Cameron (Nafessa Williams), with whom he’s been having an affair, about her relationship with Rupert. He hit her, however then she hit him again — and he stayed down, bleeding from a severe head wound. Will he die?
In the meantime, Rupert and Taggie’s (Bella Maclean) gradual burn ignited in a kiss, however there’s nonetheless the matter of Cameron and the truth that her father Declan needed the older man to steer clear of her. However Declan has his personal relationship to fret about: Maud (Victoria Smurfit) left him.
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When will Rivals Season 2 premiere?
That has but to be introduced. Our greatest guess isn’t earlier than the top of 2025 however seemingly not till 2026.
What is going to Rivals Season 2 be about?
As government producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins identified to TV Insider, there’s extra to the ebook. “What I’ve all the time achieved is discuss to Jilly all through about the place else we’d go together with the books. We talked about Recreation of Thrones, we talked about these larger exhibits which have massive fan love for them however truly deliver an entire new viewers. What has been fantastic is having Jilly as a extremely, actually intelligent government producer who sat on set with us, but in addition got here to the writers’ room a few occasions; every part we did, we ran previous her,” he defined. “After we determined to do half the ebook and stopped the place we stopped, we additionally talked to her about the place else we’d wish to go, and so we’ve received her register after which different issues that we’ve gone, we’re undecided how this might work on tv, we’ve even received her mind pondering and buzzing about how else to play issues.”
However on the subject of specifics, we will solely guess past persevering with to inform the tales of the power-grabbing social elite on this planet of unbiased tv in Nineteen Eighties England. Season 2 will, after all, should resolve that cliffhanger revolving round Tony. Is he lifeless? “There are such a lot of prospects about what may occur however what we do know is revenge is a dish greatest served on tv,” was all Treadwell-Collins would inform us.
Whether or not or not he survives, the “muscular story” of Tony and Rupert’s rivalry “and the destruction that it causes can go a lot, a lot larger and be extra Greek in its devastation,” famous the EP, in order that’s certain to be one thing we see.
There’s additionally the fallout of Rupert and Taggie’s kiss but in addition his relationship with Cameron. Whereas Rupert has tried to steer clear of Taggie, “there’s a magnetic pull. Within the kitchen, when he says, I can’t breathe with out you, that’s true. She makes him a greater man and he is aware of it,” mentioned Treadwell-Collins. “He desires to be a greater man for her. And that’s why he’s additionally saying to Cameron, I’ll take care of you. Nevertheless it additionally leaves you with hope and confusion about after this, what is going to occur if Cameron, as per the ebook, runs to Rupert and says, you promised to guard me. It’s deliciously messy, which is all the time the perfect tv.”
There’s additionally the matter of a possible future for Declan and Maud. His work continued to take precedence, at the same time as she left, however because the EP identified, “You see Maud outdoors the home smiling, realizing the telephone name’s coming. She’s nonetheless joyful for him. Regardless of all of it, there’s a love between them they usually’re all the time going to be fiery, however it’s not easy.” That implies that the second season may see the 2 discovering their method again to 1 one other.
And, Treadwell-Collins teased, “I’m all the time planning. I’ve laid down bombs all through. On the finish of Episode 4, when Declan has been interviewing Rupert, he’s received this envelope and we don’t know what’s on this envelope. And also you see when he burns it, the title Perdita. We’ve talked in regards to the Cooperverse and all the time thought, how can we hopefully run with these characters and see extra from them? We’ve laid down a whole lot of Easter eggs.”
Who’s returning for Rivals Season 2?
Season 1 starred Hassell, Tennant, Turner, Williams, Maclean, Smurfit, Rushbrook, Katherine Parkinson, Emily Atack, Catriona Chandler, Oliver Chris, Danny Dyer, Rufus Jones, Lisa McGrillis, and Luke Pasqualino. Tennant’s character’s destiny was the one one left up within the air, so likelihood is we may see everybody again.
Is Rivals Season 2 filming?
Not but! However Treadwell-Collins did share an replace on Season 2 on January 30. “Script assembly. #Rivals2,” he wrote within the caption (together with a pink heel emoji) of a submit on Instagram. See it under.
Plus, on the Royal Tv Society Programme Awards on March 25, Dyer and Parkinson shared an replace. “We’re on the eve of beginning the second sequence, so the outdated ‘tache is on its method again. I’ve received a greater wig. which I’m enthusiastic about,” Dyer shared. (Watch the video under.) “[The first season wig] was a wig out of a bag. and I’m certain Jill gained’t thoughts me saying that, so, they’ve invested a bit within the wig. I really like the wig, by the way in which.”
Added Parkinson, “I really like the wig. I’ve all the time liked that wig, I by no means didn’t consider that wig. however you already know it’s the second sequence, so he’s had some extra money spent on him.”
@royaltelevisionsociety Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson get excited for #Rivals sequence two, and the return of Freddie’s moustache #RTSAwards ♬ authentic sound – Royal Tv Society
Is there a Rivals Season 2 trailer?
Not but.