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Jessica Chastain Breaks With Apple Over Delay of ‘The Savant

Coverage links the pause to heightened sensitivity after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Overview

  • Apple TV+ pulled the Sept. 26 premiere days before launch, saying only that the series will arrive at a future date.
  • The Apple TV app now lists the eight-episode thriller as “coming at a later date,” with no new timetable.
  • Multiple outlets report the timing appears tied to sensitivity after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, though Apple gave no reason.
  • Chastain posted that she and Apple are “not aligned” on pausing the release and said she hopes the show reaches audiences soon.
  • The show, adapted from a 2019 Cosmopolitan feature, follows an undercover investigator who infiltrates online hate groups, with trailers depicting extremist violence some have flagged as sensitive.