Presumed Innocent Renewed for a Second Season
Following its widely acclaimed premiere last month, led by a gripping performance by Academy Award-nominated star and executive producer Jake Gyllenhaal, Apple TV+ today announced that its global hit series Presumed Innocent is set to return for a second season that will unfold around a suspenseful, brand-new case.
Multi-Emmy Award-winners David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams, Gyllenhaal, Rachel Rusch Rich, Dustin Thomason, and Matthew Tinker will return to executive produce, and author Scott Turow will serve as co-executive producer.
Since its global debut, Presumed Innocent, starring Jake Gyllenhaal has received praise for his “endlessly watchable” and “stellar performance” in the lead role of Rusty Sabich.
The series has been hailed as “one of the best legal thrillers to arrive on television in years,” “sleek and riveting,” “undeniably compelling viewing,” “TV at its highest quality” and the “pop-culture talk of the summer.”
The first season of Presumed Innocent is now streaming on Apple TV+ with the highly anticipated season finale set to air on Wednesday, July 24. In this week’s new episode, “Elements,” the trial begins, and startling events inside the courtroom threaten to derail proceedings.
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Turow, Presumed Innocent hails from Bad Robot Productions and David E. Kelley Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Bad Robot is under an overall deal.
Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich are the executive producers for Bad Robot. Kelley serves as the showrunner and executive producer through David E. Kelley Productions alongside Tinker. Gyllenhaal executive produces under his Nine Stories banner.
Thomason and Sharr White also executive-produced season one. Turow and Miki Johnson serve as co-executive producers. Anne Sewitsky and Greg Yaitanes direct and executive produce the first season.
In addition to Gyllenhaal, the first season also stars Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Elizabeth Marvel, Nana Mensah, Renate Reinsve, Peter Sarsgaard, and Kingston Rumi Southwick.
The gripping series takes viewers on a journey through the horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when Chief Deputy Prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) is suspected of the crime. The series explores obsession, sex, politics, and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.
