Overview
- The Savant is an eight-episode Apple TV+ limited series adapted from Andrea Stanley’s 2019 Cosmopolitan feature on preventing mass violence before it happens.
- Apple TV+ will debut the first two episodes on Friday, September 26, and release one new episode each Friday through November 7.
- Jessica Chastain stars as an undercover investigator targeting domestic extremists and executive produces the series through her Freckle Films banner.
- The ensemble cast includes Nnamdi Asomugha, Cole Doman, Jordana Spiro, Trinity Lee Shirley and Toussaint Francois Battiste, with Pablo Schreiber in a guest role and James Badge Dale recurring.
- Melissa James Gibson serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer, Matthew Heineman directs all eight episodes, and Andrea Stanley consults on the true-crime adaptation.