LOS ANGELES, CA—Rachel Brosnahan will star in and executive produce Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent, diving into a fresh murder mystery. The Rachel-Brosnahan-Presumed-Innocent-Season-2 announcement marks her first major TV role since The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Season 1, adapted from Scott Turow’s novel, featured Jake Gyllenhaal as a prosecutor accused of murder. The anthology’s second season, based on Jo Murray’s 2026 novel Dissection of a Murder, casts Brosnahan as Leila Reynolds, a lawyer tackling a high-profile judge’s murder case. “It’s beyond her expertise, but the defendant insists on her,” per Pan Macmillan. For more on TV series, visit Variety.
Brosnahan, an Emmy and Golden Globe winner, also stars as Lois Lane in James Gunn’s Superman. David E. Kelley and Erica Lipez lead the show, with J.J. Abrams executive producing. Learn about streaming shows at The Hollywood Reporter. At press time, fans awaited Brosnahan’s dramatic return.