Apple's gripping, global hit legal drama "Presumed Innocent" casts Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Rachel Brosnahan to lead and executive produce season two

· Apple TV+ today announced that Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Rachel Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," upcoming "Superman") is set to star in and serve as executive producer on the highly anticipated second season of its global hit legal drama "Presumed Innocent."

· From multi-Emmy Award winners David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams, and executive producers Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel Rusch Rich, Erica Lipez and Matthew Tinker, the second season of "Presumed Innocent" is inspired by "Dissection of a Murder," the debut legal thriller novel by Jo Murray. Details around the plot are being kept under wraps.

· "Presumed Innocent" hails from Bad Robot Productions and David E. Kelley Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Kelley serves as showrunner on season two alongside Erica Lipez ("We Were the Lucky Ones," "The Morning Show"). Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich executive produce for Bad Robot. Kelley executive produces through David E. Kelley Productions alongside Matthew Tinker and Lipez. In addition to starring, Brosnahan will serve as executive producer. Gyllenhaal, who starred in the first season, executive produces under his Nine Stories banner. Dustin Thomason executive produces and Scott Turow, author of "Presumed Innocent," co-executive produces.

· Since its global debut, "Presumed Innocent," star Gyllenhaal has received praise for his "endlessly watchable" and "stellar performance" in the lead role as '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."

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Rachel is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham and The Lede Company.