The Savant is an upcoming American crime thriller miniseries created by Melissa James Gibson that is based on an article by Andrea Stanley. The series stars Jessica Chastain and Nnamdi Asomugha. It is scheduled to premiere on Apple TV+ on September 26, 2025, with two new episodes and the rest debuting on a weekly basis until November 7, 2025.
The series is reportedly inspired by a true-life story entitled "Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?" which featured in Cosmopolitan in August 2019. Cosmopolitan featured a woman who has come to be known as "the Savant" who infiltrates online hate-groups.