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A highly anticipated Apple TV thriller series that was pulled from the streamer’s release schedule last year seems to be back on track.
The Savant, which stars Jessica Chastain and is based on a Cosmopolitan profile of an anonymous American Defamation League sleuth who infiltrates online hate groups to try to prevent public attacks, was abruptly shelved three days before it was due to drop on September 26, 2025. Apple gave no reason for the delay, but it followed the September 10 assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, and Deadline reported that the series “includes a sniper in action and the bombing of a government building among other acts of violence.”
Chastain indicated to Variety this past weekend that The Savant is now heading for its release, saying, “Before it was like, ‘I don’t know if we’re going to see it,’ but now I can say, ‘We’re going to see it.’” The series is reportedly eyeing a July streaming premiere.
When The Savant was originally sent into limbo, Chastain wrote on Instagram that she was not “aligned” with Apple on the decision to pause the show’s release.
“In the last five years since we’ve been making the show, we’ve seen an unfortunate amount of violence in the United States: the kidnapping attempt on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer; the January 6th attack on the Capitol; the assassination attempts on President Trump; the political assassinations of Democratic representatives in Minnesota; the attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband; the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk; the recent shooting at an ABC affiliate station in California; and over 300 school shootings across this country,” Chastain wrote in a post addressing the delay, adding, “These incidents, though far from encompassing the full range of violence witnessed in the United States, illustrate a broader mindset that crosses the political spectrum and must be confronted. I’ve never shied away from difficult subjects, and while I wish this show wasn’t so relevant, unfortunately it is.”
The Savant stars Pablo Schreiber (Halo) and James Badge Dale (The Pacific) alongside Chastain, and boasts cinematography by longtime Steven Spielberg collaborator Janusz Kamiński. It’s been created for Apple TV by Canadian playwright Melissa James Gibson.
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