"Today was supposed to have been the premiere date of the new Apple TV+ series The Savant, starring Jessica Chastain as an undercover investigator who infiltrates domestic hate groups. Instead, Apple has postponed the show's release indefinitely, offered little explanation, compelled Chastain to speak out against the decision, and pleased exactly zero people except maybe one very online guy who has a 24-karat gold plaque from Tim Cook sitting on his gilded Oval Office mantel."
"The show is based on a 2019 Cosmopolitan article by Andrea Stanley called Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens? It follows a real-life investigator who tracks online extremist groups and has an uncanny, some might say Savant-like knack for intuiting when hate speech is about to tip over into real-life violence. The show has been in the works for five years, apparently,"
"Chastain released a statement yesterday saying that while she valued her relationship with Apple, we are not aligned on the decision to pause the release of The Savant. Citing the last handful of nightmare attacks, shootings and kidnapping attempts we've been subjected to, she continued, these incidentsillustrate 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."
Apple TV+ postponed the premiere of The Savant indefinitely and offered minimal explanation for the decision. The Savant stars Jessica Chastain as an undercover investigator who infiltrates domestic hate groups. The series adapts a 2019 Cosmopolitan piece about preventing mass shootings and follows a real-life investigator who tracks online extremist groups and senses when hate speech may turn to violence. Production reportedly spanned five years, and the pause appears to have been decided without input from Chastain, a star and executive producer. Chastain publicly disagreed with the pause, citing recent attacks as evidence that the subject requires confrontation.
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