Disney+ has confirmed that its acclaimed drama Rivals has been renewed for a 3rd season, with twelve new episodes on the way in which. The announcement arrives forward of the collection’ second season, which returns with its remaining episodes this November.
The Worldwide Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning collection, produced by Comfortable Prince (a part of ITV Studios), is tailored from Dame Jilly Cooper’s beloved Rutshire Chronicles novels. Since its debut, Rivals has constructed a loyal viewers because of its mix of sharp humour, high-society scandal, and interwoven romantic and political entanglements.
Season three will proceed to discover the fallout from the explosive revelations of Season Two, with the collection’ signature world of wealth, ambition, and betrayal rising much more risky. In line with the collection’ official synopsis, shifting alliances, rekindled relationships, and newly uncovered secrets and techniques will push acquainted rivalries to new extremes, as private {and professional} stakes proceed to rise.
Within the upcoming season, nothing stays buried for lengthy. New romances emerge, outdated flames reignite, and long-simmering tensions resurface in a world the place energy and want are continuously in flux – and the place almost each character has one thing to lose.
In the meantime, Season Two will conclude its run later this yr, with a second batch of six episodes set to premiere in November on Disney+ within the U.Ok. and internationally, in addition to on Hulu in the US. The primary half of Season Two premiered in Might and rapidly grew to become Disney+’s greatest EMEA authentic launch within the U.Ok. and Eire, underscoring the present’s rising world momentum.
Lee Mason, Vice-President, Scripted, Disney+ EMEA, commented: “The outstanding response to Rivals is a credit score to the daring, irreverent and endlessly entertaining world created by Dame Jilly Cooper, our forged, artistic group and manufacturing companions at Comfortable Prince. We’re delighted to be bringing audiences a 3rd season on Disney+/Hulu. Count on extra ambition, extra romance, extra rivalries and, after all, extra scandal as we return to Rutshire for one more irresistible chapter.”
With Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Chief Artistic Officer of Comfortable Prince and Alexander Lamb, Artistic Director of Comfortable Prince including: “We’ve been delighted and overwhelmed by the viewers’s response to season two of Rivals – testomony to the exhausting work from everybody engaged on Rivals each on and off display. Our one unhappiness is that Jilly didn’t get to witness the love for season two. However she’s nonetheless very a lot with us in sprit and can be so delighted that season three has been inexperienced lit. We’re so thrilled to proceed to work with Disney as we dive deeper into the Rutshire Chronicles and broaden the Cooperverse even additional.”
With its mixture of interval glamour, biting satire, and high-stakes interpersonal drama, Rivals continues to cement itself as one among Disney+’s standout scripted successes – and the story is clearly removed from completed.
Rivals Season 2 Continues | Teaser | Disney+ UK
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