'Presumed Innocent' – Season 2 will have a new case and a new protagonist

Last July, it was announced that the series originally conceived with the limited series seal Presumed Innocent of Apple TV+ It was renewed for a second season.

Due to the success of views, Apple TV+ decided to give the green light to a next season. In the same instance it was revealed that the second season will be focusing on a new case.

This is because the first season was based on the successful novel of the same name by Scott Turow. And without more material to base a second season on, the path to take will be different.

Thus, the most recent reports from Deadline confirm that Jake Gyllenhaal will not resume his leading role. And that the second season, executive produced by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Lincoln Lawyer, Love & Death), J.J. Abrams y Gyllenhaal and co-executive produced by Turow, is taking a completely different path with a female lead, Leila Reynolds, succeeding Gyllenhaal's character Rusty Sabich..

The source explains that Apple TV+ and the production studio Warner Bros. TV have acquired the rights to Dissection of a MurderJo Murray's upcoming debut legal thriller.

The book, scheduled for publication in spring 2026 by Pam Macmillan, “follows Leila Reynolds, who has just been assigned her first murder case. She's out of his league, but the defendant only wants her, and to make matters worse, her husband is the prosecutor. Soon Leila struggles to keep her own secrets buried as well..”

It is expected that Dissection of a Murder serve as inspiration for the second season of what is shaping up to be a true anthology series. There had been an idea of ​​one or two characters from season 1 being kept in continuity, something similar to what was done by The White Lotus from HBO; It's unclear if that's still a possibility, according to Deadline.

In the first season of the legal procedural series, Gyllenhaal plays Rusty Sabich, a Chicago prosecutor who becomes the prime murder suspect.

The series became the most watched drama in the history of the Apple TV+ streamer. The platform does not share viewing data, so the precise figures are not public knowledge.

Other executive producers of the second season will be Dustin Thomason, Matt Tinker and Rachel Rusch Rich.

Kelley is the screenwriter, executive producer and showrunner of Presumed innocent.