Rachel Brosnahan To Lead Apple's ‘Presumed Innocent' Season 2

After Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) takes off as Lois Lane in James Gunn's Superman, she will lead Apple's legal drama Presumed Innocent for Season 2. The Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress will also executive produce.
The series hails from multi-Emmy Award winners David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams, and executive producers Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel Rusch Rich, Erica Lipez, and Matthew Tinker.
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The second season of Presumed Innocent is inspired by Dissection of a Murder, the debut legal thriller novel by Jo Murray. Details around the plot are being kept under wraps.
Led by Gyllenhaal, Season 1 was inspired by Scott Turow's courtroom thriller of the same name. It tells the story of a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorneys' office when one of its own is suspected of the crime. The book was published in 1987 and was turned into a 1990 feature starring Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich, the same role Gyllenhaal took on.
As reimagined by Kelley, Presumed Innocent will explore obsession, sex, politics, and the power and limits of love, as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.
The title comes from Bad Robot Productions and David E. Kelley Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Kelley serves as showrunner on season two alongside Erica Lipez (We Were the Lucky Ones, The Morning Show). Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich executive produce for Bad Robot. Kelley executive produces through David E. Kelley Productions alongside Matthew Tinker and Lipez. Dustin Thomason also executive produces. In addition to starring, Brosnahan will serve as executive producer. Gyllenhaal, who starred in the first season, executive produces under his Nine Stories banner. Scott Turow, author of 'Presumed Innocent,' co-executive produces.
Brosnahan is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
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