In his first major role outside of Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams has booked a major role in an upcoming Carrie-Anne Moss mystery thriller series, Yaga.
The series was announced by Bell Media’s Crave on Wednesday, setting Williams up with another project at the streamer. A potential U.S. home for the series is not yet known.
The half-hour drama, which Crave states, “brings the myth of Baba Yaga to life in a contemporary mystery thriller set in a small coastal town,” will also star Clark Backo and Noah Reid.
The eight-episode series is written and executive produced by Kat Sandler and is based on her play. Producers are Front Street Pictures and Blink49 Studios. The project will be distributed globally by Bell Media’s Sphere Abacus. As for international sales, it will be sold as “four, one-hour episodes.”
Principal photography on the project is underway.
What’s the plot of ‘Yaga’?
Here’s the official synopsis:
YAGA follows Rapp (Reid), a private investigator who arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Williams). He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Backo), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Moss), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.
“Featuring a truly exceptional cast, this series marks another exciting collaboration with Blink49 Studios,” said Justin Stockman, Vice President, Content Development & Programming, Bell Media. “We’re thrilled to bring Kat Sandler’s bold vision to Crave with this first-ever half-hour drama, and to continue setting the bar for genre-bending, unexpected storytelling.”
“YAGA 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,” said Sandler. “It reflects the kind of storytelling I love: propulsive, accessible, dark, funny, and unapologetically bold. I’m incredibly excited to bring Crave’s first-ever half-hour drama to life alongside longtime collaborator Mackenzie Donaldson, Front Street Pictures, Blink49, and Bell Media.”
“YAGA is the kind of ambitious, genre-smashing storytelling we’re proud to support,” said Mackenzie Donaldson, Vice President, Scripted Television, Blink49 Studios. “Bringing Kat Sandler’s 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 – fresh, contemporary reimagining of a classic myth brought to life by an exceptional cast and creative collaborators.
Sandler is the showrunner and co-directors are David Frazee and Rachel Talalay. Mackenzie Donaldson, Andrew Miller and Moss are executive producers. Charles Cooper is a producer.