Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Presumed Innocent' updates a legal thriller

By Linda Holmes,

Roxana Hadadi, Ronald Young Jr., Liz Metzger, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published June 13, 2024 at 11:41 AM EDT

Jake Gyllenhaal in the Apple TV+ show <em>Presumed Innocent</em>. — Jake Gyllenhaal in the Apple TV+ show *Presumed Innocent*.

Presumed Innocent was a blockbuster legal thriller as a novel, and then a hit movie starring Harrison Ford. Now, Apple TV+ brings back the story of the accuser turned defendant as a limited series. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the lead this time, as a prosecutor who is accused of the murder of the colleague he'd had an affair with. David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Practice, Ally McBeal) created the show.

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Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

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