For over two decades, Jessica Chastain has been a constant presence on screen. Like many actors, she began with guest roles on TV before moving into film. Her performances in movies like Zero Dark Thirty, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and The Good Nurse have made her one of the most recognizable actresses. And even on the small screen, Chastain has proven herself as a television star with shows like George & Tammy and Scenes From a Marriage.
Chastain was expected to return to television last year with an Apple TV crime thriller, but the series was delayed following the assassination of American political commentator Charlie Kirk. Apple TV may have delayed the crime thriller, The Savant, indefinitely, but viewers will see Chastain soon — just not on Apple TV. She stars in Netflix’s upcoming film Heartland, and Netflix has set the premiere date for mid-November.
Heartland takes place in Music City, and Chastain’s character, Misty Jones, is embedded in the city’s DNA. She used to be a country music megastar but left it all behind for a life of seclusion for an unexplained reason. But that world calls on her once again when her niece — also a country music singer, just not as famous — goes missing. Misty goes on a search that forces her to confront her own past and the unseen underbelly of Nashville, where no one, including Misty, is who they seem. Shana Feste wrote and directed Heartland. Other cast members include Wynn Everett, Garret Hedlund (Roy Combs), Ross Lynch (Jace Jacobs), Carter Faith (Charlie Heart), and Jennifer Nettles (Winnie Jo Lean), among others. Heartland debuts on Netflix on Friday, November 13.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Happened to Jessica Chastain’s Crime Thriller ‘The Savant’?
In the Apple TV crime thriller, Chastain plays the titular character, an investigator who infiltrates online hate groups in the hopes of stopping them before they do real-world damage. The series explores ideas related to white supremacy, toxic masculinity, and more. After Kirk’s assassination, Apple TV worried about a potential PR crisis and pulled the show indefinitely. Chastain revealed earlier this year that the show was now scheduled for release, but the rumored July premiere date never happened. It remains to be seen whether Apple TV will release it, a year after Kirk’s death.
Stream Heartland on Netflix when it hits on November 13. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Director
Shana Feste
Producers
Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin, Jeff Valeri, Jason Owen
