Apple TV announced that it is postponing the release of its upcomng miniseries, The Savant. The series, starring Jessica Chastain in the lead, was supposed to release on Apple TV+ on September 26.

While no official reason have been revealed by Apple, the reason for the postponement is speculated to be due to the killing of American podcaster Charlie Kirk and the events surrounding it. The Savant is based on the Cosmopolitan article by Andrea Stanley, titled Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?. The article covered the story of an unnamed person who infiltrates online chatrooms, to learn about these attacks and prevent them from taking place.

Chastain will star as the fictionalised version of the unnamed person from the Cosmopolitan article. The cast of The Savant also includes Nnamdi Asomugha, Cole Doman, Jordana Spiro, Trinity Lee Shirley, Toussaint Francois Battiste, and Pablo Schreiber, in a guest appearance.

Charlie Kirk was an American conservative activist who was gunned down by a man named Tyler Robinson, on September 10. Kirk was speaking at an event conducted on a college campus in Utah, USA.