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Rachel Brosnahan to Lead Presumed Innocent Season 2 in New Anthology Format

Brosnahan will play defense attorney Leila Reynolds in a story adapted from Jo Murray’s Dissection of a Murder

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Overview

  • Season 2 shifts to an anthology structure to tell a fresh legal drama drawn from Jo Murray’s Dissection of a Murder.
  • Rachel Brosnahan will portray Leila Reynolds, an inexperienced defense lawyer representing a man accused of killing a prominent judge.
  • Brosnahan joins the series as an executive producer alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, who steps back from acting but remains involved behind the scenes.
  • The novel underpinning the new season is not due to be published until July 2026, and Apple TV+ expects to premiere the series later that year.
  • Her casting aligns with her upcoming role as Lois Lane in the DC Universe’s Superman reboot directed by James Gunn.