Yaga Showrunner Kat Sandler Talks Baba Yaga Being the 'OG Bad Girl of Fairytales'
She's such a big figure in Eastern European folklore, and she has this kind of very ambiguous moral code that was really resonant for me as someone looking to adapt things about female anti-heroes. She believes deeply in the importance of her job as a cop to serve and protect. "I feel like the shift of that within the show is one of the things I love.
- ▪She's such a big figure in Eastern European folklore, and she has this kind of very ambiguous moral code that was really resonant for me as someone looking to adapt things about female anti-heroes.
- ▪She believes deeply in the importance of her job as a cop to serve and protect.
- ▪"I feel like the shift of that within the show is one of the things I love.
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Home›News›YAGAYaga Showrunner Kat Sandler Talks Baba Yaga Being the 'OG Bad Girl of Fairytales'"I grew up with Dexter and Hannibal and I was like, 'can we do this but with a woman?'"By Jessie WadeUpdated: Jul 29, 2026 9:49pm UTC3 commentsIGN spoke with the showrunner and executive producer of Yaga, Kat Sandler at San Diego Comic-Con, along with cast members Clark Backo and Noah Reid.Yaga is based on the play by the same name created by Sandler, which is drawn from the Slavic folktale of Baba Yaga.In speaking about what it was like bringing the story to the screen, Sandler said, "The fun thing about transitioning something from theater to film is you get to put so many more Easter eggs visually in it.
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