The Apple TV+ limited series Presumed innocent didn’t have a plan for a second season, but after finding so much success, the legal thriller is branching out to tell another story in season two.
The first season was based on Scott Turow’s bestselling novel of the same name, but there was no obvious path to continue the series from Turow’s body of work.
The second season of the show, produced by David E. Kelley, JJ Abrams and season one star Jake Gyllenhaal and co-produced by Turow, is taking a completely different path with a female protagonist, Leila Reynoldssucceeding Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich.
Apple TV+ and production studio Warner Bros. TV have acquired the rights Dissection of a murderthe upcoming debut legal thriller Jo Murray.
The book, scheduled for publication in spring 2026 by Pam Macmillan, “follows Leila Reynolds who has just been given her first murder case. She’s way out of reach, but the defendant only wants her, and to make matters worse, her husband is the prosecutor. Soon Leila will fight to keep her secrets buried too.
Things are still in flux, but Dissection of a murder should serve as inspiration for the second season of what promises to be a true anthology series. There had been an idea for one or two characters from the first season to be brought back for continuity in the vein of the HBO ones. The White Lotus; it is unclear whether this is still a possibility.
via: Deadline
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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