Exclusive: Apple TV+ has rounded out the cast for Jessica Chastain-led The Savant, its eight-episode limited series from writer/executive producer/showrunner Melissa James Gibson, Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.
Jordana Spiro (Ozark), Trinity Lee Shirley (Da Bottomz), newcomer Toussaint Francois Battiste (Waiting for Godot), Cole Doman (Mutt), Hannah Gross (The Adults), David Wilson Barnes (George & Tammy), Michael Mosley (The Sinner) and Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession) join previously announced Chastain, Nnamdi Asomugha and James Badge Dale, who recurs.
Chastain, who also executive produces, plays a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Asomugha plays her husband.
Inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan, the storyline and additional character details are being kept under wraps.
Chastain and Kelly Carmichael exec produce through her Freckle Films banner. James Gibson exec produces, with Matthew Heineman directing and exec producing.
Jordana Spiro (Ozark), Trinity Lee Shirley (Da Bottomz), newcomer Toussaint Francois Battiste (Waiting for Godot), Cole Doman (Mutt), Hannah Gross (The Adults), David Wilson Barnes (George & Tammy), Michael Mosley (The Sinner) and Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession) join previously announced Chastain, Nnamdi Asomugha and James Badge Dale, who recurs.
Chastain, who also executive produces, plays a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Asomugha plays her husband.
Inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan, the storyline and additional character details are being kept under wraps.
Chastain and Kelly Carmichael exec produce through her Freckle Films banner. James Gibson exec produces, with Matthew Heineman directing and exec producing.
- 4/3/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: James Badge Dale is set for a major recurring role in Apple TV+limited series The Savant, starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain. Nnamdi Asomugha also stars in the eight-episode series from writer/executive producer/showrunner Melissa James Gibson, Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.
The Savant is inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan, which was written by Andrea Stanley. The storyline and character details are being kept under wraps.
Chastain plays a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Asomugha plays her husband.
Chastain and Kelly Carmichael exec produce through her Freckle Films banner. James Gibson exec produces, with Matthew Heineman directing and exec producing. Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, executive produces, and Brian Madden, SVP Development for Hearst Magazines, produces. Stanley serves as consultant.
Dale recently wrapped back-to-back lead roles in two indie features,...
The Savant is inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan, which was written by Andrea Stanley. The storyline and character details are being kept under wraps.
Chastain plays a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Asomugha plays her husband.
Chastain and Kelly Carmichael exec produce through her Freckle Films banner. James Gibson exec produces, with Matthew Heineman directing and exec producing. Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, executive produces, and Brian Madden, SVP Development for Hearst Magazines, produces. Stanley serves as consultant.
Dale recently wrapped back-to-back lead roles in two indie features,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nnamdi Asomugha (Sylvie’s Love) has been tapped as a lead opposite star and executive producer Jessica Chastain in The Savant, Apple TV+’s new, eight-episode limited series from writer/executive producer/showrunner Melissa James Gibson, Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.
The Savant is inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan, which was written by Andrea Stanley.
Chastain plays a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Asomugha plays her husband.
This Savant reunites Nnamdi and Jessica who recently worked together on the Netflix film The Good Nurse.
Chastain and Kelly Carmichael exec produce through her Freckle Films banner. James Gibson exec produces, with Matthew Heineman directing and exec producing. Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, executive produces, and Brian Madden, SVP Development for Hearst Magazines, produces. Stanley serves as consultant.
Asomugha recently starred in...
The Savant is inspired by a true story published by Cosmopolitan, which was written by Andrea Stanley.
Chastain plays a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Asomugha plays her husband.
This Savant reunites Nnamdi and Jessica who recently worked together on the Netflix film The Good Nurse.
Chastain and Kelly Carmichael exec produce through her Freckle Films banner. James Gibson exec produces, with Matthew Heineman directing and exec producing. Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, executive produces, and Brian Madden, SVP Development for Hearst Magazines, produces. Stanley serves as consultant.
Asomugha recently starred in...
- 2/2/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Immediately following the announcement of the 2024 Oscar nominations, our forums were flooded with reactions from our notoriously opinionated posters, many of whom are industry insiders shielded by screen names. As in previous years, the recognition of certain movies and artists elicited jubilant praise, while the exclusion (and inclusion) of others sparked disappointment and even fury.
The vastly varied response to this year’s roster of Oscar contenders proves once again that the academy can’t please all film fans. Below is just a sampling of our sassy forum posters’ brutally honest comments regarding the 2024 nominees. Take a look, then join the conversation if you dare.
See 2024 Oscar nominations: Full list of Academy Awards nominees in all 23 categories
Best Picture
jujutoobootie: “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things” didn’t miss a beat.
Mary: At least Margot Robbie got a nom for producing.
Flickchick: I will never understand the love for “Maestro” and “Poor Things.
The vastly varied response to this year’s roster of Oscar contenders proves once again that the academy can’t please all film fans. Below is just a sampling of our sassy forum posters’ brutally honest comments regarding the 2024 nominees. Take a look, then join the conversation if you dare.
See 2024 Oscar nominations: Full list of Academy Awards nominees in all 23 categories
Best Picture
jujutoobootie: “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things” didn’t miss a beat.
Mary: At least Margot Robbie got a nom for producing.
Flickchick: I will never understand the love for “Maestro” and “Poor Things.
- 1/23/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
As the 2024 Critics Choice Awards unfolded on Sunday night, our forum posters let loose with their frank opinions regarding who was feted and who went home empty-handed. In typical fashion, their reactions ran the gamut from celebratory to exasperated as winners were revealed across 21 movie categories.
Below is just a sampling of what was dished in the forums during the live telecast, which was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Chelsea Handler. Take a look, then dive in if you dare.
See Critics Choice Awards: Complete list of winners in all movie and TV races [Updating Live]
Best Picture
“American Fiction”
“Barbie”
“The Color Purple”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
X – “Oppenheimer”
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“Saltburn”
Derrick Eoghan Oisín O’Callaghan: Congratulations to “Oppenheimer”!
jujutoobootie: Cca is still a joke.
Victor: Knew Barbenheimer would dominate the awards. They’re too big to ignore.
Moviebuff22: “Killers of the Flower Moon” is flopping.
Below is just a sampling of what was dished in the forums during the live telecast, which was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Chelsea Handler. Take a look, then dive in if you dare.
See Critics Choice Awards: Complete list of winners in all movie and TV races [Updating Live]
Best Picture
“American Fiction”
“Barbie”
“The Color Purple”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
X – “Oppenheimer”
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“Saltburn”
Derrick Eoghan Oisín O’Callaghan: Congratulations to “Oppenheimer”!
jujutoobootie: Cca is still a joke.
Victor: Knew Barbenheimer would dominate the awards. They’re too big to ignore.
Moviebuff22: “Killers of the Flower Moon” is flopping.
- 1/15/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
“Happy with Lana and Sza overperforming. Which is not surprise with the utter lack of competition this year and their albums outclassing. Hopefully the wins come,” says Gold Derby forum poster James Gibson about this year’s Grammy nominations, which were announced on November 10. Join all the Grammy discussions here in our music forum.
Sza led the Grammy nominations with nine bids, more than she has ever received in a single year, while Lana Del Rey scored five. Both women are up for Album of the Year for “Sos” and “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” respectively. They’re up against Taylor Swift (“Midnights”), Olivia Rodrigo (“Guts“), Jon Batiste (“World Music Radio“), Boygenius (“The Record“), Janelle Monae (“The Age of Pleasure“) and Miley Cyrus (“Endless Summer Vacation”).
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“I don’t see Taylor winning Aoty, and it’s between Sza and Boygenius,...
Sza led the Grammy nominations with nine bids, more than she has ever received in a single year, while Lana Del Rey scored five. Both women are up for Album of the Year for “Sos” and “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” respectively. They’re up against Taylor Swift (“Midnights”), Olivia Rodrigo (“Guts“), Jon Batiste (“World Music Radio“), Boygenius (“The Record“), Janelle Monae (“The Age of Pleasure“) and Miley Cyrus (“Endless Summer Vacation”).
SEE2024 Gold Derby Music Awards: Vote for nominations Now
“I don’t see Taylor winning Aoty, and it’s between Sza and Boygenius,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
When Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf developed a “communication model” that would pave the way to the internet, I doubt online hate groups were a part of the dream. Unfortunately, anonymity and the creation of forums where people can foster deplorable behavior exist. What if someone were to infiltrate them? Can you dismantle this egregious behavior one corner of the dark web at a time? Jessica Chastain‘s character in The Savant is going to try. That’s right, haters. After playing country music star Tammy Wynette in George & Tammy, Chastain will star in The Savant, a new limited series for Apple.
Apple’s eight-part series hails from Anatomy of a Scandal co-creator Melissa James Gibson with Fifth Season and Anonymous Content producing. In Apple’s new series, Chastain plays a top-secret investigator, the Savant. Her job is to infiltrate online hate groups to expose and bring the most...
Apple’s eight-part series hails from Anatomy of a Scandal co-creator Melissa James Gibson with Fifth Season and Anonymous Content producing. In Apple’s new series, Chastain plays a top-secret investigator, the Savant. Her job is to infiltrate online hate groups to expose and bring the most...
- 3/27/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Fresh from playing country music star Tammy Wynette, Jessica Chastain is swapping the microphone for a laptop.
The George & Tammy star is to front Apple limited series The Savant.
The eight-part series, which has been in the works for some time, comes from Anatomy of a Scandal co-creator Melissa James Gibson and is produced by Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.
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It will see Chastain play a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country.
Related: 2023 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders
The series is...
The George & Tammy star is to front Apple limited series The Savant.
The eight-part series, which has been in the works for some time, comes from Anatomy of a Scandal co-creator Melissa James Gibson and is produced by Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.
Related Story Rose Byrne-Seth Rogen Apple TV+ Comedy Series ‘Platonic’ Sets Premiere Date, Unveils First Look Related Story Noma Dumezweni, Gabby Beans & Sarunas J. Jackson Board Apple TV+ Series 'Presumed Innocent' Related Story Apple's Film Commitment Will Be Over $1B; Question Is, Should It Distribute & Market A Theatrical Slate, Or License Out?
It will see Chastain play a top-secret investigator known as the Savant, who infiltrates online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country.
Related: 2023 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders
The series is...
- 3/27/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Our forum posters, many of whom are Hollywood insiders shielded by clever screen names, didn’t waste any time voicing their opinions regarding the 2023 Oscar winners. As the awards were handed out during the March 12 ceremony, they celebrated the success of their favorite films while lamenting several painful losses.
As has been true over 94 years of Academy Awards history, it would have been impossible to please everybody this time. Below is just a sampling of the brutally honest comments of our sassy forum posters concerning the 2023 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – Malte Grunert, producer
“Avatar: The Way of Water” – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, producers
“Elvis” – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, producers
X – “Everything Everywhere All at Once...
As has been true over 94 years of Academy Awards history, it would have been impossible to please everybody this time. Below is just a sampling of the brutally honest comments of our sassy forum posters concerning the 2023 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – Malte Grunert, producer
“Avatar: The Way of Water” – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, producers
“Elvis” – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, producers
X – “Everything Everywhere All at Once...
- 3/13/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The people posting in our infamous forums, many of whom are music insiders who shield their true identities behind clever screen names, pulled no punches when it came to sizing up the winners at the 65th Grammy Awards. As you can see from a sampling of their reactions to the 2023 Grammy winners on Sunday night, passions ran high as the results unfolded. What were the upsets at the Grammys that left them with their jaws on the floor? Which winners were the most deserving? Which losses were our posters not able to get over?
Take a look at what was dished out over the three-hour ceremony. Read more and share your own thoughts here.
See 2023 Grammy Awards: Full list of winners in all categories
Below is just a sampling of our readers’ brutally honest Grammy Awards reactions to the winners in some of the televised categories. Take a look, then...
Take a look at what was dished out over the three-hour ceremony. Read more and share your own thoughts here.
See 2023 Grammy Awards: Full list of winners in all categories
Below is just a sampling of our readers’ brutally honest Grammy Awards reactions to the winners in some of the televised categories. Take a look, then...
- 2/6/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Our smart, impassioned and sometimes brutally honest forum posters did not mince words when it came to their reactions to 2023 Golden Globe film winners on Tuesday night. The ceremony had many celebrating but elicited just as much ire when it came to the night’s winners and losers on the film side of the 80th annual Golden Globes. What were the upsets that left them stunned? Which winners were viewed as the most deserving? Which losses were posters not able to get over?
Below, you can see just a sampling of the shade and praise that was thrown at this year’s ceremony. Read more and have your say here.
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Best Film Drama
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Elvis”
X – “The Fabelmans”
“Tar”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
added: What a horrible pick.
Below, you can see just a sampling of the shade and praise that was thrown at this year’s ceremony. Read more and have your say here.
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Best Film Drama
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Elvis”
X – “The Fabelmans”
“Tar”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
added: What a horrible pick.
- 1/11/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Kick off April on the right foot! Check out these four exciting casting notices, including a background gig on USA’s thrilling series “Mr. Robot.” USA’S “Mr. Robot”Are you ready to join F Society? Season 2 of the hit USA hacker drama “Mr. Robot,” starring Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, and Golden Globe winner Christian Slater, needs background talent for an upcoming episode. Background casting director Belle Jiao is looking for “Chinese government employee types” for a shoot in New York City April 6 and 8. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”Musical Theatre West, one of the top theater companies in Long Beach, California, is auditioning talented triple threats May 1 for their production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” If you’re looking for a fun summer gig that happens to be near the beach, this is your chance! Five principal roles plus ensemble opportunities are available now. “Losing Stella”This new James Gibson-directed Web series “about identity,...
- 4/1/2016
- backstage.com
WWE.com
What’s the one thing that every single member of the WWE Universe has in common? Family. How have WWE ensured they garner a reaction from their Universe in a storyline more times than they would care to mention? Have a family at the centre of any commotion!
WWE is all about connecting with its Universe, and one of the easiest ways to do this is to play the family card; calling on those everyday scenarios that happen in every household and ramping them up to 11.
This is a tactic that has been used quite literally since the beginning of time and doesn’t seem to be letting up. After all, family storylines are often the most compelling inside the ring due to the backstories you can create; just look at The Undertaker and Kane as an example of this happening…
Here are 12 examples of when WWE tricked...
What’s the one thing that every single member of the WWE Universe has in common? Family. How have WWE ensured they garner a reaction from their Universe in a storyline more times than they would care to mention? Have a family at the centre of any commotion!
WWE is all about connecting with its Universe, and one of the easiest ways to do this is to play the family card; calling on those everyday scenarios that happen in every household and ramping them up to 11.
This is a tactic that has been used quite literally since the beginning of time and doesn’t seem to be letting up. After all, family storylines are often the most compelling inside the ring due to the backstories you can create; just look at The Undertaker and Kane as an example of this happening…
Here are 12 examples of when WWE tricked...
- 10/23/2015
- by Ross Tweddell
- Obsessed with Film
Can’t get enough trouble? Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 cult classics – category: action. Check us out at http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo, http://instagram.com/watchmojo and http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo Special thanks to our users James Gibson, Scotty Arbour and Jake Roberts for submitting the idea through our Suggest Tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/Suggest If you want to […]...
- 8/28/2014
- by Cinemart
Since taking the reigns of WWE’s talent development and relations departments last summer, Triple H has shown a keen eye for talent, bringing in the likes of Sin Cara, a huge draw from Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the name Mistico, Adrian Neville who formerly thrilled audiences from America to Japan with his high-octane, high-flying style under the alias Pac, earning himself the nickname “The Man Gravity Forgot.” And most recently as last week, independent star El Generico, the Canadian born Luchador who can neither fluent English or Spanish and helps the children of a Mexican based orphanage.
The Nxt brand which “The Game” heads has allowed young talents hone their style, characters and crafts as they edge closer to becoming quite literally, the Superstars of tomorrow. In recent months we’ve witnessed the debuting of Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, collectively known as The Shield.
The Nxt brand which “The Game” heads has allowed young talents hone their style, characters and crafts as they edge closer to becoming quite literally, the Superstars of tomorrow. In recent months we’ve witnessed the debuting of Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, collectively known as The Shield.
- 1/18/2013
- by Jason Patrick
- Obsessed with Film
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