{"id":483828,"date":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483828\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:27:07","slug":"craves-yaga-casts-heated-rivalrys-hudson-williams-carrie-anne-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483828\/","title":{"rendered":"Crave’s ‘Yaga’ Casts Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams, Carrie-Anne Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d star Hudson Williams<\/a> isn\u2019t straying too far from Crave<\/a>, signing on to star in the Bell Media-owned Canadian streamer\u2019s upcoming half-hour drama series \u201cYaga<\/a>,\u201d along with fellow stars Carrie-Anne Moss<\/a> (\u201cThe Matrix), Noah Reid (\u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d) and Clark Backo (\u201cLetterkenny\u201d). <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYaga\u201d is based on the hit play by Canadian playwright Kat Sandler, who will serve as writer and showrunner on the eight-episode TV series. The small town mystery thriller, which reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga<\/a>, comes from Front Street Pictures and Blink49 Studios in partnership with Crave. Production is underway on the series, which is co-directed by David Frazee and Rachel Talalay.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYaga\u201d would rep the first-ever half-hour drama Crave original series; the show will be shopped at next week\u2019s London TV Screenings via international distributor Sphere Abacus (which will also offer the show as four one-hour episodes). The production of \u201cYaga\u201d comes on the heels of the surprise global success of \u201cHeated Rivalry,\u201d which put Crave Originals on the radar (and in the U.S. became a hit for HBO Max, which had acquired that series domestically in a last-minute deal<\/a>). <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFeaturing a truly exceptional cast, this series marks another exciting collaboration with Blink49 Studios,\u201d said Justin Stockman, Bell Media\u2019s vice president, content development & programming, in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to bring Kat Sandler\u2019s bold vision to Crave with this first-ever half-hour drama, and to continue setting the bar for genre-bending, unexpected storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the logline, \u201cYaga\u201d centers on Rapp (Noah Reid), \u201ca private investigator who arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Hudson Williams). He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2019Yaga\u2019 has evolved from myth to stage to my first greenlit series, reclaiming the wicked witch and reshaping her as an incendiary feminist antihero for our time,\u201d Sandler said. \u201cIt reflects the kind of storytelling I love: propulsive, accessible, dark, funny, and unapologetically bold. I\u2019m incredibly excited to bring Crave\u2019s first-ever half-hour drama to life alongside longtime collaborator Mackenzie Donaldson, Front Street Pictures, Blink49, and Bell Media.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYaga\u201d also comes following an investment Bell Media made in Blink49 Studios last June. Blink49 and Bell Media have also collaborated on scripted series \u201cDon\u2019t Even,\u201d \u201cLate Bloomer,\u201d \u201cSight Unseen\u201d and \u201cThe Trades,\u201d as well as docuseries \u201cQueen of the Castle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2019Yaga\u2019 is the kind of ambitious, genre-smashing storytelling we\u2019re proud to support,\u201d said Blink49 Studios scripted television VP Mackenzie Donaldson. \u201cBringing Kat Sandler\u2019s singular and fearless voice to the screen for the first time is a thrill. This is a story that is truly unique and unmistakably hers \u2013 fresh, contemporary reimagining of a classic myth brought to life by an exceptional cast and creative collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYaga\u201d is executive produced by Donaldson, Andrew Miller and Moss and produced by Charles Cooper.<\/p>\n

\n\tMoss is repped by Hodgson Management Group, Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo LLP, and Viewpoint, Inc; Reid is represented by GGA and Circle Management + Production; Backo is repped by IAG and Linden Entertainment; and Williams is repped by CAA and RED Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d star Hudson Williams isn\u2019t straying too far from Crave, signing on to star in the Bell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[195263,49,48,195264,34742,75,140290,195265],"class_list":["post-483828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-baba-yaga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carrie-anne-moss","tag-crave","tag-entertainment","tag-hudson-williams","tag-yaga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}