{"id":158810,"date":"2025-09-25T03:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158810\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T03:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:53:13","slug":"jessica-chastain-denounces-apples-decision-to-delay-the-savant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158810\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Chastain denounces Apple’s decision to delay The Savant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Apple TV+ made the surprising decision to postpone The Savant<\/a>, an upcoming thriller starring Jessica Chastain as an undercover agent who infiltrates online hate groups in an attempt to thwart mass shootings and domestic terrorism attacks before they happen. Apple didn\u2019t provide an explicit reason for the delayed release. In a statement to Deadline<\/a>, the company simply wrote, \u201cAfter careful consideration, we have made the decision to postpone The Savant,\u2026 We appreciate your understanding and look forward to releasing the series at a future date.\u201d Still, it\u2019s not hard to extrapolate that the decision probably had something to do with the shooting of Charlie Kirk, especially considering the online circles<\/a> both he and alleged shooter Tyler Robinson engaged with.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jessica Chastain does not agree with Apple\u2019s decision. In a statement posted on social media<\/a> today, she wrote that while she \u201cvalue[s her] partnership with Apple,\u201d the two parties are \u201cnot aligned on the decision to pause the release of The Savant.\u201d As she went on to elaborate, Kirk\u2019s shooting was just the latest in a long line of attacks and violence this country has experienced over the five years they\u2019ve been working on the show. That includes (but is unfortunately not limited to) the kidnapping attempt on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the January 6th insurrection, the assassinations of Democratic representatives in Minnesota, and over 300 school shootings across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese 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,\u201d Chastain continued. \u201cI\u2019ve never shied away from difficult subjects, and while I wish this show wasn\u2019t so relevant, unfortunately it is. The Savant is about the heroes who work every day to stop violence before it happens, and honoring their courage feels more urgent than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Savant was inspired by Cosmopolitan\u2018s 2019 article<\/a> \u201cIs It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?,\u201d which profiled an anonymous woman doing the work Chastain\u2019s Savant character does in real life. The show was originally scheduled to premiere September 26, but Chastain remains \u201chopeful the show will reach audiences soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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You can read her statement in full below:<\/p>\n

I want to say how much I value my partnership with Apple. They\u2019ve been incredible collaborators and I deeply respect their team. That said, I wanted to reach out and let you know that we\u2019re not aligned on the decision to pause the release of The Savant. In the last five years since we\u2019ve been making the show, we\u2019ve 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\u2019s 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. 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\u2019ve never shied away from difficult subjects, and while I wish this show wasn\u2019t so relevant, unfortunately it is. The Savant is about the heroes who work every day to stop violence before it happens, and honoring their courage feels more urgent than ever. While I respect Apple\u2019s decision to pause the release for now, I remain hopeful the show will reach audiences soon. Until then, I\u2019m wishing safety and strength for everyone, and I\u2019ll let you know if and when The Savant is released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yesterday, Apple TV+ made the surprising decision to postpone The Savant, an upcoming thriller starring Jessica Chastain as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-158810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}