The Savant is an upcoming American crime thriller miniseries based on the novel by Andrea Stanley. The series will be directed by Matthew Heineman and is starring Jessica Chastain and Nnamdi Asomugha. It is reportedly inspired by a true-life story entitled “Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?” The series is expected to be broadcast in the UK on Apple TV in 2024.
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 of a woman who has come to be known as “the Savant” who infiltrates online hate-groups.