James Badge Dale Joins Apple’s ‘The Savant’ Limited Series Starring Jessica Chastain

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, crime drama King Ivory from writer-director John Swab, and John-Michael Powell’s Southern revenge thriller Violent Ends. Most recently, he was seen as the lead in the third and final season of Starz’s Hightown, as well as Taylor Sheridan’s series 1923. He also appeared in a major comedic guest star role on the Emmy-winning Ramy. Dale is repped by CAA, MJ Management and Jackoway Austen Tyerman et al.