The Hudson Williams-Starring 'Yaga' Is a Feminist Take on Iconic Folklore: Here's How to Watch
Consider this Canadian erotic thriller among the fall's most highly anticipated new series.
Ever since December 2025, hockey-romance fans have been waiting with bated breath for Hudson Williams to return to their TV screens. While his Heated Rivalry co-star Connor Storrie quickly made his way to Saturday Night Live (and picked up an Emmy nomination!), Williams chose to team back up with Crave, the Canadian streamer behind the Game Changers adaptation, for another steamy drama.
Created by playwright Kat Sandler and based on her play of the same name, Williams' next project, Yaga, is a contemporary mystery-thriller and feminist retelling of the witch Baba Yaga from Slavic folklore. When the young heir to a fishery (Williams) goes missing, a private investigator gets wrapped up in an investigation involving "a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic," per the plot description.
"Yaga began as a play with a cast of three in a 200-seat theater, reimagining the myth of Baba Yaga through a modern lens with a genre mashup of mystery and myth," Sandler teased to Entertainment Weekly. "It has since evolved into television as a collision of folklore, fairy tale, noir thriller, police procedural, horror, and feminist fantasy, while continuing to ask the question: What makes a witch?"
Hudson Williams stars as Henry Park, the missing heir to a successful fishery, in Yaga.
Now that Crave and AMC+ have begun teasing new details ahead of a fall release, read on for everything to know about Yaga, including how to watch the highly anticipated series in the U.S.
When does 'Yaga' come out?
Crave and AMC+ have confirmed that Yaga will debut on Friday, October 23—just in time for Halloween. Two episodes will drop on the premiere date, followed by a weekly rollout until the two-episode finale on Friday, November 27.
Yaga also stars Carrie-Anne Moss as Katherine, "a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men."
Where can you watch 'Yaga' in the U.S.?
American fans can streamYaga on AMC+ this fall. The series will release concurrently on Crave in Canada and AMC+ in the U.S.
For viewers new to AMC+, the streaming service offers a seven-day free trial, after which a subscription starts at $8 a month with ads or $11 a month without ads. Viewers can also add AMC+ as a channel on Prime Video for the same rates after a seven-day trial. (AMC+ subscribers also get access to the horror streamer Shudder and the indie-focused Sundance Now.)
Or, if you've been meaning to rewatch Heated Rivalry or check out Jacob Tierney's Letterkenny or Shoresy, Yaga will also be available on Crave. If you don't have a VPN, you can use one like Nord VPN.
P.I. Rapp (Noah Reid) teams up with local detective Carson (Clark Backo) to investigate the central mystery.
Who is in the cast of 'Yaga?'
In addition to Williams, the thriller has an exciting leading cast. Carrie-Anne Moss (of The Matrix, Memento, and Jessica Jones fame) stars alongside the actor as Katherine, a "charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men," per the description. Moss has already teased that she and Williams' characters get physical in the series.
"I got to make out with him, so that’s lovely," Moss said, pointing to Williams, during the show's upfront presentation in June 2026. "He was super respectful. He was so respectful to my personal space. This guy is, like, a serious gentleman."
Rounding out the lead cast are Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek, The Vampire Lestat) as Rapp, the out-of-town P.I. looking into the disappearance, and Clark Backo (Letterkenny, The Changeling) as Carson, an "apprehensive" local detective. According to EW, another notable cast member is Sheila McCarthy (The Miniature Wife) as Olena Yaha, "a cheeky and wise local woman, originally from Ukraine, who has a soft spot for younger men, vodka, and hallucinogenics."
Is there a 'Yaga' trailer?
Crave released the first teaser for Yaga at this year's Comic-Con, previewing the spooky, erotic series. The clip is full of interesting moments, from Williams and Moss' characters getting intimate to witchy scenes involving ritualistic icons and chickens to a shot of Williams' character smiling and holding a chicken while wearing only a midsummer headdress. Thankfully, some narration also gives viewers a primer on the titular myth.
"There's versions of her all over the world. Sometimes she's an ugly old witch who lives in a disappearing hut on chicken feet. Sometimes she's a wise woman, an enchantress, a healer. Sometimes she helps a hero on his quest," Moss' character, Katherine, says. "Sometimes she tests him. Sometimes she kills him. Sometimes she eats him. Sometimes she fucks him. But she always has a name."
If the trailer leaves you hungry for more, fear not: A sneak peek is also available. The clip dropped when AMC+ announced the show's premiere date, and it gives a bit of insight into characters beyond Williams and Moss' roles. Several local investigators—including a romantasy-loving detective!—anticipate the arrival of a seemingly fancy PI by plane to their small community. Based on their interaction, they're clearly going to butt heads as they unravel Henry's disappearance. The PI shares a "missing person" poster for Henry, and they're off to the races. If our armchair detective skills are right, it might just come in handy that one of the cops on the case is interested in the supernatural.
