Apple TV Plus Pulls Jessica Chastain's The Savant Just 3 Days Before Premiere, Indefinitely Delayed

If you were planning to fire up Jessica Chastain's new Apple TV+ thriller this week, hit pause. The Savant just got yanked from the release calendar three days before go-time. It is not canceled, but the date is now a big shrug.

Apple confirmed on September 23 that the show is postponed. They did not explain why, but the holdup is widely being connected to the current political unrest in the US. On the service, the show is now labeled as 'coming soon' instead of the original September 26 drop.

'After careful consideration, we have made the decision to postpone The Savant... We appreciate your understanding and look forward to releasing the series at a future date.'

Last-minute delays like this are rare, and the timing is... not subtle. Still, for anyone already planning a binge: you will get it eventually. Just not this week.

Quick refresher on what The Savant is: it is a thriller loosely inspired by a 2019 Cosmopolitan article about an elite investigator who prowls toxic corners of the internet to track angry men before they escalate into large-scale public attacks. Chastain stars as Jodi Goodwin, the investigator at the center of it all. In a recent chat with Radio Times, she said she hates that the show feels so relevant right now and hopes shining a light on this stuff might push people to tackle it together.

• Premiere status: pulled from September 26, now listed as 'coming soon' on Apple TV+
• Official word: postponement announced September 23; no specific reason given
• Behind-the-scenes chatter: widely reported to be linked to current US political unrest
• Premise: an investigator targets online extremists to prevent mass violence (inspired by a 2019 Cosmopolitan piece)
• Lead: Jessica Chastain as Jodi Goodwin
• Supporting cast: James Badge Dale (1923), Cole Doman, Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession), Pablo Schreiber (Halo), and former pro football player Nnamdi Asomugha

I will update as soon as Apple locks a new date. For now, consider The Savant in the 'soon-ish' pile.