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Business Upturn
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
Is ‘Motorheads' returning for season 2? Everything we know so far
By Aman Shukla Published on May 21, 2025, 17:30 IST Last updated May 21, 2025, 11:00 IST Prime Video's teen drama 'Motorheads' has revved up interest with its high-octane mix of street racing, family secrets, and coming-of-age themes. But will the show return for a second season? Here's everything we know so far about the potential for Motorheads Season 2. Has Motorheads Been Renewed for Season 2? As of May 21, 2025, Prime Video has not officially announced a renewal or cancellation for Motorheads Season 2. The show's fate likely depends on viewership numbers and audience engagement, which streaming platforms like Prime Video closely monitor before making renewal decisions. When will Motorheads Season 2 Release? If Prime Video renews 'Motorheads' for Season 2, production timelines suggest a release would likely be at least 12–18 months from the announcement date. Based on typical streaming production schedules, a renewal confirmed in mid-2025 could mean a late 2026 or early 2027 release. However, this is speculative, as no official production details are available. The Buzz Around Motorheads Season 1 'Motorheads,' which premiered on Prime Video on May 20, 2025, has quickly gained attention as a thrilling teen drama. Starring Ryan Phillippe and Michael Cimino, the series follows a group of high schoolers in a small Pennsylvania town who are passionate about building and racing cars. The show blends elements of Fast and Furious with the emotional depth of Friday Night Lights , exploring themes of legacy, family, and personal choices. Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Los Angeles Times
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
In ‘Motorheads,' Michael Cimino taps into his inner speedster
From the moment Michael Cimino heard about 'Motorheads,' a new coming-of-age drama set in a small town against the backdrop of street racing, he knew he had to be a part of it. The young actor, best known as the lead in Hulu's 'Love, Victor,' had long been looking for something just like it. 'Literally, since I first signed with CAA [Creative Artists Agency],' Cimino shares excitedly over Zoom. 'I was like, 'You guys, I would love to do a project that combines my passion for cars and film and TV.' Then I came across this script and I was like, 'This is the one.' I just knew it. Not in a cocky way. I just knew this is my role. Like, this is for me.' The series, which premieres on Prime Video on May 20, is set amid junkyards and repair shops, gangs and high school cliques. Set in the fictional town of Ironwood, 'Motorheads' is equal parts 'Grease' and 'Fast & the Furious' (but with a hint of YA shows like 'Riverdale'). At its heart are twins Zac and Caitlyn (Cimino and Melissa Collazo), whose return to Ironwood with their mom dredges up their connection to their estranged father, a street-racing legend Zac soon becomes obsessed with emulating. With his signature bashful looks, tousled black curly hair and just an added dash of playful risk-taking, Cimino's Zac sits right alongside the actor's growing repertoire of swoon-worthy guys. That includes not just his breakout role as Victor but also Ethan in 'Never Have I Ever' and, most recently, Cole in the romantic fantasy 'Girl Haunts Boy.' As the new kid in town, Zac is soon pulled into navigating long-standing high school rivalries — especially once he realizes the girl he's most interested in is dating the school's best-known bully, a kid who settles scores with exhilarating street races in his dad's Corvette and sometimes in his own Porsche. In conversation, Cimino is giddy with excitement, speaking a mile a minute as if he were on a racetrack hitting the gas — especially when he gets to talking about his long-running interest in car culture. 'I had Hot Wheels growing up,' he recalls. 'My dad and I, when I was a kid, used to build little racetracks with them. I always remembered loving it. And as I got older, my dad and I used to play [the video game] 'Forza' together. And my uncles used to drag race. So I heard a lot about drag racing and street racing when I was a kid. And my grandfather, who taught me how to work on cars, he used to rebuild engines. I've just always been into it.' More recently, he's been hoping to show off the auto work he's been doing to his fans. 'I built a '02 Miata that's supercharged,' he shared. 'I have a whole little TikTok series that I've been editing together, of me building it with my friend, Justin, and my cousin that I'm gonna start posting pretty soon.' All of that enthusiasm came particularly in handy when he began jockeying for a part on the show. During one Zoom session with executive producers John A. Norris and Jason Seagraves, Cimino remembers trying to make clear just how much Zac and this story felt in line with his own interests. 'We got a lot of auditions of people doing car stuff,' Norris says. 'A lot of people pretend that they know stuff to get the part. And so when he did it, Jason and I were kind of rolling our eyes at first. Because I'm like, 'Oh, he's just pretending.' Because he said he was hooking up a car and he was going to build it. And I said, 'Can we see the car?' And he had his phone, and he went around and he had this car on a trailer behind him that he was bringing back to L.A.' That's when Norris and Seagraves realized Cimino was very much enmeshed in the world 'Motorheads' depicts. 'Michael is just a joy,' Norris adds. 'And that energy is real. Every bit about him is. There's nothing phony there. He's just like an 8-year-old, always with a smile on his face.' Even after all these years, Cimino keeps finding new reasons why this beloved hobby resonates with himself and others all over the world. 'I went to this really big car show called Tokyo Auto Salon, which happens every year,' Cimino shares. 'It's amazing. I wound up connecting with a lot of people out there, kind of seeing the underground scene of how people connect to it. And I just understood for the first time how much bigger it is than just cars and racing and having a good time. It's such a signifier of self-expression. It can be such a thing of rebellion too.' That's precisely what happens with Zac. After befriending Marcel (Nicolas Cantu), an awkward, uncool kid at school who dreams of designing cars, Zac finds a purpose he hadn't had before. 'I think Zac always felt like an outsider,' Cimino explains. 'When he comes to Ironwood and kind of discovers his passion for racing, it's like a light in his life. Finally, he's like, 'Oh my gosh, I can be good at something. I can amount to something.'' But he cannot really do it alone. A driver is only as good as his car, and cars in Ironwood are well-crafted machines assembled by a loving crew. For Zac, that team ends up including his sister Caitlyn, of course, but also Marcel and Curtis (Uriah Shelton), another outsider who's trying to steer clear of the gang life his older brother lives and breathes. Thankfully for Cimino, the car family at the heart of 'Motorheads' was as tight-knit offscreen as it looks onscreen. 'Mel and I are both Puerto Rican and Sicilian, weirdly enough,' Cimino adds. 'We have the same mix, which is obviously great because she's playing my twin sister. We just kind of instantly clicked. We understood each other. We understood each other's culture. And Uriah is super into motorcycles and cars. He understands that world, so we had that bond. And Nicholas is just so talented and just so thoughtful and sweet and kind, man. We'd play 'Smash Bros.' together and stuff. We all bonded over different things.' The irony, of course, is that compared to these newfound friends, and even his uncle Logan (played by Ryan Phillippe), Zac is the least experienced one when it comes to repairing, let alone driving cars. But once he tastes the thrill of a race, Zac becomes intent on being an even better driver than his father ever was. But don't think for a moment that it's Cimino in the driver's seat in those head-spinning racing sequences that punctuate every episode. 'That was 100% my stunt driver,' Cimino admits, adding that 'Amazon was very much focused on making sure everyone was safe.' The actor, however, has set his sights on a new goal — he recently got his stunt-driving certificate. 'I'm hoping that one day I can pull a Tom Cruise and do some of my own stunts,' he said. 'Until that moment arises, I'm preparing for it.' But to be on set those days and to watch those scenes come to life was the kind of experience he's not about to take for granted. 'This show is just such a spectacle,' Cimino says. 'Even if I wasn't involved in this project, I would still be a huge fan of it. It's so well done. The stunts are amazing. It was honestly really freaking cool just witnessing something that I would have loved to watch when I was a kid. Being a part of it is so insane. It really feels like one of the most surreal moments of my life. To be honest, it feels like, 'Wow, my dreams really did come true.''
New York Post
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Ryan Phillippe says his young ‘Motorheads' co-stars make him feel like Yoda: ‘Very aware of my age!'
From teenage dream to wise sage. Ryan Phillippe is taking the same journey that actors such as Luke Perry took earlier: he rose to fame in 'teen idol' type roles, and now he's playing a parent figure. 'I think having three kids of varied ages and having been a father for a long time, that's a natural space for me,' Phillippe, 50, told The Post about his new teen drama, 'Motorheads.' But, he added, for his iconic role in 1999's 'Cruel Intentions,' he finds it 'crazy' that 'that film still has new fans today, and that it holds up the way that it has.' 'It's also crazy that they're now remaking so much of the stuff that I've been in – that makes me very aware of my age!' 8 Ryan Phillippe in 'Motorheads.' ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection 8 Sarah Michelle Gellar passed out on top of Ryan Phillippe in a scene from the film 'Cruel Intentions,' 1999. Getty Images 8 Ryan Phillippe stars in new series 'Motorheads.' He shares son Deacon, 21, with his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon, 49, whom he was married to from 1999 to 2008. They also share daughter Ava, 25. (He has a third child, daughter Kai, 13, with his ex, 'Pitch Perfect' actress Alexis Knapp.) 'Motorheads' (premiering May 20 on Prime Video) follows high schoolers Zac (Michael Cimino) and Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo), who move with their mom (Nathalie Kelley) back to her Rust Belt hometown, where there's a thriving street race scene. They're close with their uncle, Logan (Phillippe), a former NASCAR mechanic who now struggles to keep an auto body shop afloat. 8 Ryan Phillippe arrives at the Los Angeles Special Screening Of Amazon Prime Video's 'Motorheads' Season 1 held at the Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, May 14, 2025. Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Deacon plays Logan's brother, Christian, in flashbacks, as he vanished under mysterious circumstances 17 years ago. 'It's like, at one point, I was like these early 20-somethings on this set. And it's funny how watching them interact and hearing them talk about the industry and their careers really does take me back to that time,' Ryan recalled to The Post. The 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' star added, 'But I also think that I'm at a place in my life where [I'm] able to share some of my experience, and be very open about what that has been like – the good and the bad – to kind of steer them in the right direction, or be a source of advice or a mentor.' 8 Melissa Collazo, Michael Cimino, Nicolas Cantu in 'Motorheads.' ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection He quipped, 'But yeah, I felt a little bit like Yoda sometimes on set.' Ryan's co-stars would often ask him 'about the old days of movie making, and what it used to be like.' 'Some of them are afraid of being replaced by AI,' he explained. 'And I'm telling them that that's probably not an issue for me – because I will already be face down by the time that happens.' In his Instagram post about 'Motorheads,' Ryan joked that he does not 'die in this one.' 8 Ryan Philippe in 'Motorheads.' ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection His characters in previous high-profile roles, such as 'Cruel Intentions,' 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'Big Sky,' have all been killed off. '[For 'Big Sky'] they put me all over the key art and the billboards, and then I died in the first episode. So I had a lot of people that were very angry with me about that,' he recalled. 'A lot of friends or fans were like, 'oh, we're going to watch this show and you die in the first episode!'' 'Now, I have to assure anyone when I'm in a project that I'm going to be in more than one episode.' Since his 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' character died, he won't be part of the 2025 sequel. He also wasn't in Prime Video's now cancelled revival of 'Cruel Intentions.' 8 Nathalie Kelley and Ryan Phillippe in 'Motorheads.' ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection 8 Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Jennifer Love Hewitt in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 'It does and doesn't seem that long ago. It's interesting – there's parts of me that remember it like yesterday, and then there's another part of me that feels like it was someone else's life altogether,' he said. 'You're just happy that those things endure, and that people still care about the work that you did, in any capacity.' While filming 'Cruel Intentions,' he said he had no inkling that it would become a cult classic. 'I did have this hope of being in some sort of seminal team movie, because of the ones that I grew up watching, like the John Hughes movies, 'Pretty in Pink' and 'The Breakfast Club.' And so I think there was a hope of mine that I would be in something like that,' he went on. 'But when you're making it, you have no concept of it.'
New York Post
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Ryan Phillippe reveals how son Deacon ended up on his show ‘Motorheads'
Like father, like son. Ryan Phillippe's new role on Prime Video's 'Motorheads' turned into a family affair — as his son, Deacon Phillippe, 21, plays his brother on-screen. 'It was the showrunner's idea, John A. Norris,' Ryan, 50, exclusively told The Post.
New York Post
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Ryan Phillippe reveals how son Deacon ended up on his new show — playing his brother
Like father, like son. Ryan Phillippe's new role on Prime Video's 'Motorheads' turned into a family affair — as his son, Deacon Phillippe, 21, plays his brother onscreen. 'It was the showrunner's idea, John A. Norris,' Ryan, 50, exclusively told The Post. Advertisement 'He came up to me and said, 'We're thinking about offering the role of Christian in flashbacks to your son.' I was like, 'wow.' And internally I'm like, 'please!'' 8 Ryan Phillippe in 'Motorheads.' 8 Deacon Reese Phillippe and Ryan Phillippe attend Michael Rubin's 2022 Fanatics Super Bowl Party on February 12, 2022 in Culver City, California. Getty Images for Fanatics Advertisement The 'Cruel Intentions' star explained, 'I wanted it, but I wanted to play it very cool and let them work it out, separate of me. I said, 'Well, then offer it to him, and see what he thinks.' And then [Deacon] said he wanted to – what a joy.' Ryan shares Deacon with his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon, 49, whom he was married to from 1999 to 2008. They also share daughter Ava, 25. (Ryan has a third child, daughter Kai, 13, with his ex, 'Pitch Perfect' actress Alexis Knapp). This is Deacon's second role, after appearing in the Netflix series 'Never Have I Ever.' 8 Ryan Philippe on the poster for 'Motorheads' with Melissa Collazo and Michael Cimino. Advertisement 'Motorheads' (premiering May 20 on Prime Video) follows high schoolers Zac (Michael Cimino) and Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo), who move with their mom (Nathalie Kelley) back to her Rust Belt hometown, where there's a thriving street race scene. They're close with their uncle, Logan (Phillippe), a former NASCAR mechanic who now struggles to keep an auto body shop afloat. Logan's younger brother and the teens' father, Christian, was a legend in the street race scene, but vanished under mysterious circumstances 17 years ago. 'We didn't have scenes together, but he was playing my brother. And so, we sat in a room with John the showrunner…and talked about what our childhood would have been like growing up – which is such a unique thing to have with your son,' Ryan told The Post. 8 Ryan Phillippe, Deacon, and Reese Witherspoon in a 2021 Instagram photo. Instagram Advertisement He added: 'I was there on set for him for a lot of his initial work days, just in case.' 'The Lincoln Lawyer' actor explained that since acting is new to his son, he was on set 'just to kind of show him the ropes, and let him know how things typically go, or if he had any questions.' 'I was there for his first night shoot, watching him be bleary-eyed at three in the morning,' he recalled. 'So, it did feel like a shared experience, even though we weren't onscreen together.' 8 Deacon Phillippe with his mom, Reese Witherspoon. reesewitherspoon/Instagram The show was filmed in Ontario, Canada, which meant that Ryan had to relocate for five months. He didn't get to see his family as much, so it was 'gratifying for me to have [Deacon] come up off and on throughout the production,' he explained. 'And just to get to spend that time together.' Deacon is currently enrolled at New York University. 'Things change once your kids get older and move out,' the 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' star said. 'And so, the fact that we would get to live together for a few days here and there during the making of the show was really awesome.' 8 Ryan Phillippe with his son, Deacon, in an Instagram photo. Ryan Phillippe/Instagram Advertisement 8 A street race scene in 'Motorheads.' When asked what advice he gave his son, Ryan said, 'He's a very sharp kid. I get advice from him often!' 'He grew up around [the TV and film industry] too, with his mother and with me. It's not like he's walking into a foreign situation,' he explained. 'Our kids spend time on sets. And, I'm enjoying seeing him grow into it, and own it.' Nevertheless, he did give Deacon some space on one particular day of shooting. Advertisement 'He did have to do a scene with a girl – like, a kissing scene. I'm like, 'I won't be there for that!'' he quipped. 8 Ryan Phillippe talks about filming 'Motorheads' with his son Deacon in his video interview with The Post in May of 2025. Ava Phillippe has also done some acting roles in 'Doctor Odyssey' and 'Ransom Canyon.' As for whether she'd join Ryan and Deacon on 'Motorheads,' her famous dad told the Post: 'That would be up to the guys that are calling the shots – but, you never know!'
