Jessica Chastain’s series on the American far right postponed, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk
The Savant was to be released in early October on Apple TV+. But the platform preferred to repel to avoid a scandal.
A consequence of the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel who shocked America?
Apple TV+ decided not to take any risk and avoid any potential scandal, by postponing the release of The Savant, its thriller initially expected for early October.
In this eminently political thriller, Jessica Chastain embodies an ancient soldier infiltrated within the anti-high Alliance, who pretends to be a white nationalist on online forums to identify and neutralize extremists before they take action. The series completely denounces the rise of the American extreme right via influencers who nourish the networks.
An already sensitive subject, but made complicated to evoke in the current context, after the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, on September 10 at the University of Utah.
Suddenly, Apple shifts The Savant on a later date (without more precision). The streamer declares:
After careful thinking, we decided to postpone The Savant. We thank you for your understanding and are impatient to offer the series on a later date. “
The series is inspired by an article by Cosmopolitan in 2019 signed Andrea Stanley, who is interested in the real work of an investigator nicknamed The Scientist or simply “K”, specialized in the prevention of mass violence by particularly targeting the contemporary American extreme right and its online drifts, which can trigger dark passages.
