Jessica Chastain to Play an Investigator in Apple TV+ Limited Series THE SAVANT
Jessica Chastain has joined a new limited series project at Apple TV+ titled The Savant. The project is being developed by Anatomy of a Scandal co-creator Melissa James Gibson, and it’s based on a true story that was published by Cosmopolitan.
In the eight-part series, Chastain will play “a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country.”
She is called The Savant because she is said to have an “uncanny ability to suss out when, exactly, hate speech will morph into violent action.”
That sounds like an interesting and intense story. The original story that was published in Cosmopolitan was written by Andrea Stanley, who is serving as a consultant on the series. That article is titled “Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?”
When explaining the importance of the story Stanely said: “And this story felt so relevant because it all started off with this tie to misogyny and a lot of these men who go on to become mass shooters — it very much starts with women.”
Chastain will also executive produce the show through her Freckle Films banner, and it sounds like another perfect project for her to be a part of.
Source: Deadline