Motorheads


Motorheads is an American coming-of-age drama television series created by John A. Norris. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 20, 2025. In August 2025, the series was canceled after one season.

Cast

Main

  • Ryan Phillippe as Logan Maddox, a former NASCAR driver and an auto body shop owner in Ironwood, Pennsylvania
  • Nathalie Kelley as Samantha, an ER nurse who moves back to her hometown Ironwood with her teenage son and daughter
  • Michael Cimino as Zac, Samantha's son who reluctantly moves to Ironwood from Brooklyn, New York with his mother and twin sister
  • Melissa Collazo as Caitlyn, Samantha's daughter and Zac's twin sister who loves fixing up cars
  • Uriah Shelton as Curtis, a young mechanic and Caitlyn's love interest
  • Nicolas Cantu as Marcel, a nerdy neighbor who befriends the twins

    Recurring

  • Josh Macqueen as Harris, an entitled popular teenager whose family own majority of the businesses in Ironwood and the local champion of street racing
  • Drake Rodger as Ray, Curtis' older brother
  • Mia Healey as Alicia, Harris' on and off girlfriend
  • Johnna Dias-Watson as Kiara, Alicia's best friend and the closeted daughter of Ironwood's mayor
  • Deacon Phillippe as Christian Maddox, Logan's brother in flashbacks from 17 years ago, a legendary, unbeaten champion of street racing
  • Dylan Taylor as Vic
  • Paul Braunstein as Mr. Ruby, Curtis and Caitlyn's auto shop teacher
  • Matt Lanter as Darren, Harris' father
  • Paul Popowich as Sheriff Hugo, Curtis and Ray's father and the sheriff of Ironwood
  • Alex Paxton-Beesley as Kelly, Kiara's mother and Ironwood's mayor
  • Jordan Dawson as Young Hugo, in flashbacks from 17 years ago
  • Romeo Carere as Young Ezra, in flashbacks from 17 years ago
  • Audrey Gerthoffer as Brooke, Harris' side piece whose parents are the current owners of Wade's Diner
  • Joseph Chiu as Mateo, a local street racer who dissed Harris online and part of Ryan's crew
  • Sophia Esperanza as Ryan, a local street racer

    Episodes

Production

Development

The series was commissioned by Amazon Prime Video in November 2023. It is written by John A. Norris who is also the series showrunner and executive producer. Jason Seagraves also executive produces. It is produced by Jax Media and Amazon MGM Studios. Dana Brunetti and Keegan Rosenberger are executive producers and Jake Fuller is executive producer on behalf of Jax Media. Ruben Fleischer is director for the pilot and Ryan Zaragoza is co-executive producer. In March 2024, Neil Burger joined as director, replacing Fleischer, and executive producer. Waz and Jamie Jackson are composing the series' score. On August 29, 2025, Amazon Prime Video canceled the series after one season, but is being shopped to other networks.

Casting

The cast includes Ryan Phillippe, Nathalie Kelley, Michael Cimino and Melissa Collazo. In December 2023, Uriah Shelton joined the cast, with Drake Rodger, Johnna Dias-Watson, Josh Macqueen and Mia Healey joining in recurring roles. In May 2024, Matt Lanter and Sophia Esperanza were cast in recurring roles. In April 2025 in a press release from Amazon MGM Studios, Nicolas Cantu was confirmed to be promoted to a main role.

Filming

Filming was scheduled to commence from July to November 2023 but was delayed by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Production officially began on March 25, 2024, in Toronto, Canada. In April 2024, parts of filming took place in Hamilton, Ontario, in the Carlisle and Flamborough neighborhoods, and began filming in downtown Paris, Ontario, locally on April 16, being first of five visits until July. Next filing took place in Chatsworth, Ontario, at a Motopark. Filming also took place at Penman's Dam Park and Bean Park in Brant, Ontario, and at the historic Blackfriars Street Bridge in London, Ontario. Filming concluded on July 22, 2024.

Release

The series premiered on May 20, 2025, with all ten episodes.

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 78% approval rating based on 9 critic reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 58 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average".
Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter described the series as "Life-changing stuff, this isn't, even if the characters do like to throw around knowingly cheesy metaphors about hitting the gas in romance as well as on the road. It's just sturdy, reliable entertainment — well worth putting down your phone for and taking for a proper spin."