Jessica Chastain’s New Netflix Crime Thriller Officially Premieres in 2026
Jessica Chastain returns to the screen this November with Netflix's crime thriller Heartland, following the indefinite postponement of her Apple TV series The Savant, which was delayed after the assassination of American political commentator Charlie Kirk. The film marks another high-profile addition to Netflix's slate and continues Chastain's prolific run across both film and television following acclaimed roles in works such as Zero Dark Thirty and George & Tammy.
Written and directed by Shana Feste, Heartland is set in Nashville and follows Chastain's character Misty Jones, a former country music star who abandoned fame for a secluded life. Her solitude is disrupted when her niece, also a singer, goes missing, forcing Misty to confront her past and Nashville's hidden underside. The cast also includes Wynn Everett, Garret Hedlund, Ross Lynch, Carter Faith and Jennifer Nettles, with the film set to premiere on Netflix on Friday 13 November.
- Jessica Chastain's Netflix thriller Heartland premieres 13 November 2026
- Replaces her delayed Apple TV series The Savant
- She plays a reclusive ex-country star searching for her missing niece
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Jessica Chastain is an American actress known for roles in films such as Zero Dark Thirty and the television series George & Tammy, and she has built a reputation for taking on complex, often steely female leads across both film and TV. Netflix is one of the world's largest streaming services and regularly commissions original films and series featuring well-known actors, of which Heartland is the latest addition.
Heartland is a crime thriller written and directed by Shana Feste, set in the American country music city of Nashville. Chastain plays Misty Jones, a former country star who left fame behind for a quiet life, only for her solitude to be broken when her niece, also a singer, disappears, drawing her back into a world she had tried to leave. The supporting cast includes Wynn Everett, Garret Hedlund, Ross Lynch, Carter Faith and Jennifer Nettles.
The project also sits against the backdrop of Chastain's other recent work, including an Apple TV series called The Savant, which was postponed after the assassination of American political commentator Charlie Kirk. That context has fed into coverage of her upcoming projects, including Heartland, as observers track how her busy schedule of film and television roles is unfolding.