As Heels Gets Netflix Premiere Date, Showrunner Holds Out Hope for Season 3
Netflix invites you to back into the ring on Sunday, Sept. 15, when both seasons of Heels, the cancelled Starz wrestling drama, debut on the streamer.
Created by Michael Waldron (Loki), Heels followed Jack Spade (played by Arrow‘s Stephen Amell), an indie wrestler competing with his younger brother Ace (Vikings‘ Alexander Ludwig) to run their family-owned wrestling promotion in small-town Georgia.
Season 2, which aired last summer, saw Jack and Ace “continue to fight over their late father’s legacy and their individual versions of success, while also working to find their own identity as a ‘face’ or a ‘heel,’” per the official synopsis.
The season — and thus series — ended on a shocking cliffhanger, with one of the Aces’ future in jeopardy after attempting a dangerous move from the top rope.
In the wake of Heels‘ cancellation last September, showrunner Mike O’Malley, who pulled double duty as FWD promoter/main antagonist Charlie Gully, said that he was actively seeking a new home for the show.
And now, even though Amell is starring in the Suits spinoff Suits: LA (which just got a series order at NBC) and Ludwig is headlining the MGM+ limited series Earth Abides (based on the George R. Stewart novel of the same name), O’Malley remains bullish on a Season 3, in streaming success.
“[T]here are windows of time during hiatuses to make more,” O’Malley told EW.com of the actor availability challenges. “Netflix is very practical. If a lot of people watch the show, then there’s a real chance that we can make more.”
Heels should fit right in at Netflix, which earlier this year struck a deal with WWE to move the wrestling giant’s flagship show Monday Night Raw from USA Network to the streamer in 2025. Netflix will also become the exclusive home for all WWE programming (including SmackDown, NXT, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble) outside the U.S.
This show was great and underrated. I bet it’ll do well on Netflix
Doesn’t hurt to dream a little that it could be revived not immediately but in a couple of years then. C’mon Netflix, rescue it like you did with Lucifer and in the past with others.
According to Deadline, “Heels” has an option for a third season depending on the availability of both Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig, and one of the show’s producers and cast members Mike O’Malley said to EW that everyone in the cast wants to do a potential third season, and they can find time to film it during the actors’ hiatuses from their shows.
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Such a good show. If Netflix makes a Season 3, I would subscribe just for that.
This show was so damn good. if not season 3 let’s hope at least for a movie to proper close out the story.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
I truly hope it finds a new audience and can get revived, even if for one last season. I discovered this show shortly after the initial lockdown of the pandemic and game to enjoy it a ton. Here’s to season 3! 🥂