“Presumed Innocent” to get 'new case,' maybe new cast in season 2

The legal thriller based on Scott Turow's novel stars Jake Gyllenhaal, who is not confirmed to return for another season.

Presumed Innocent is returning for season 2 with Jake Gyllenhaal... as an executive producer.

On Friday, Apple TV+ announced that it's renewing the legal thriller — starring Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Peter Sarsgaard, and O-T Fagbenle — for a second season, which will "unfold around a suspenseful, brand new case." What the streamer didn't announce is whether any of the stars will return, though it confirmed that Gyllenhaal will remain an exec producer alongside showrunner David E. Kelley.

When the thriller was first announced in 2022, Apple called it an eight-part limited series, but now Presumed will join the growing ranks of "limited" series (see: Downton Abbey, Big Little Lies, Shōgun, Dr. Death, among others) that evolve into ongoing dramas. It's possible that even if Gyllenhaal doesn't return, some of the other players in the DA's office — including Camp and Fagbenle — could stick around to investigate and prosecute the new case.

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Based on the 1987 novel by Scott Turow (who serves as co-executive producer), Presumed Innocent follows the story of Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal), a chief deputy prosecutor in Chicago who is devastated when his colleague — and former mistress — Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) is found murdered. Things only get worse for Rusty when prosecutors, including Della Guarda (Fagbenle) and Tommy Molto (Sarsgaard) name him the prime suspect, and his wife, Barbara (Negga), and kids (Chase Infiniti and Kingston Rumi Southwick) are forced to confront his adulterous past.

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Season one of Presumed Innocent is currently streaming, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday. Fans will need to wait until the season finale (streaming July 27) to find out if Kelley changed the twist ending they may know from Turow's book or the 1990 movie adaptation, which starred Harrison Ford as Rusty.

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