'Icebreaker' Series: Netflix Introduces Its Stassie and Nate
The adaptation pairs a transfer chasing Olympic gold with a campus hockey star as the novel’s romance moves from page to screen.
- On Monday, Netflix announced that Daisy Jelley and Connor Simos will star as leads in Icebreaker, the streamer's adaptation of Hannah Grace's bestselling romance novel about a figure skater and hockey player.
- The series adapts the first book in Grace's Maple Hills trilogy, which has sold nearly 5 million copies worldwide and spent 70 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
- "She's the transfer gunning for Olympic gold. He" is the show's logline for Anastasia "Stassie" Allen, who must share a rink with hockey player Nate Hawkins after an accident forces them together.
- Showrunner Amanda Lasher and creator Jade Halley Bartlett are producing the adaptation, with Alex Cooper, Matt Kaplan, and Mina Lefevre of Unwell Productions also serving as executive producers.
- Netflix is joining rivals like Amazon in the hockey-romance adaptation rush, seeking to inherit established fandoms from successful properties like Heated Rivalry and Off Campus.
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Netflix Shoots For Its Own ‘Heated Rivalry’ With ‘Icebreaker,’ Casts Daisy Jelley & Newcomer Connor Simos
Connor Simos How badly does everyone want their own “Heated Rivalry”? Pretty badly, apparently. Netflix’s “Icebreaker” is the latest sign that streamers are ramping up their YA and New Adult romance adaptations, particularly books with enormous built-in fandoms, and suddenly the ice rink itself looks like some of the hottest real estate in television. Prime Video already has arguably the closest comparison in “Off Campus,” its adaptation of Elle…
'Icebreaker' Netflix Series Casts Daisy Jelley & Connor Simos As Leads
Netflix has found its leads for Icebreaker, its series adaptation of Hannah Grace’s bestselling novel. Daisy Jelley (Poser, How To Have Sex) will play Anastasia “Stassie” Allen and Connor Simos (Subversion) will portray Nate Hawkins in the college hockey romance drama series. In Icebreaker, she is the transfer gunning for Olympic gold. He is the campus star chasing the NHL. But when an accident forces their teams to share one rink, Anastasia Al…
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