Ready to Watch Hedda? Where to Stream It and When It Drops
Hedda storms Prime Video on October 29, 2025, with Tessa Thompson leading Nia DaCosta’s bold reimagining of Ibsen’s classic—an electrifying dive into desire, control, and the love that refuses to die.
Hedda is Nia DaCosta taking a swing at Ibsen with Tessa Thompson front and center. It is a modern riff on 'Hedda Gabler' that actually sounds thorny and alive: a woman still haunted by an old romance, feeling boxed in by the life she has now. Early buzz is strong, the rollout is quick, and yes, it hits streaming almost immediately.
- Title: Hedda
- Director: Nia DaCosta
- Starring: Tessa Thompson (also a producer), with Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss
- World Premiere: 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
- Limited Theatrical Release: October 22, 2025
- Streaming: Prime Video on October 29, 2025 (one week after theaters), available worldwide
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Rotten Tomatoes: 83% from critics ahead of release (based on early reviews)
- Producers: Tessa Thompson, Nia DaCosta, Gabrielle Nadig, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
What DaCosta and Thompson are doing here
Henrik Ibsen published 'Hedda Gabler' back in 1891, and people have been arguing about her ever since. DaCosta is not doing museum theater. This version updates the setting and leans into the character’s contradictions: Hedda is still obsessed with what she lost and suffocating in what she has, but it is filtered through a contemporary lens. Critics who caught it early are into the approach, calling Thompson magnetic and DaCosta’s take bold without sanding off the play’s bite.
How the release is rolling out
Hedda world-premiered at TIFF 2025 and gets a short runway in theaters starting October 22 before jumping to Prime Video on October 29. A one-week theatrical-to-streaming window is fast, even by current standards, which tells you Amazon wants this in front of as many eyes as possible, immediately.
The cast and the neat bit of inside baseball
Thompson leads and also produces, backed by DaCosta, Gabrielle Nadig, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner. The supporting bench is strong: Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss. That last name matters if you know your Hedda history: Hoss actually played Hedda on stage in Berlin for six years, and now she is in the ensemble here. That is some serious lineage feeding into this version.
Thompson on stepping into Hedda
Thompson has been clear she sees this role as a milestone and part of a long line of actors who have tackled it, Hoss included. She talks about it like you would a relay baton: you carry it for a while, respect what came before, and try not to drop it.
"And it was delightfully terrifying," she said of taking on Hedda.
Bottom line
If you are into sharp, character-driven drama and you like seeing big swings at classics, put this on your calendar. Early reviews are strong, the cast is stacked, and the wait for streaming is basically nothing: Prime Video, October 29.