EXCLUSIVE: Courtney B. Vance Joins The Cast Of ‘Presumed Innocent’ Season 2

Sources tell Nexus Point News that Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of the second season of Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent.

Vance joins Rachel Brosnahan who is set to lead this upcoming season of the anthology series. As announced by Deadline today, Jack Reynor has been added to the cast as well. Season 2 will adapt Jo Murray’s upcoming legal thriller Dissection of a Murder which follows Leila Reynolds (Brosnahan) who is assigned her first murder case: a high profile case revolving around the murder of a judge. Season 1 starred Jake Gyllenhaal as prosecutor Rusty Sabich, who becomes a suspect in the murder of a colleague with whom he was having an affair with.

Presumed Innocent was created by and showman by David E. Kelley. J.J. Abrams serves as an executive producer with Kelley. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Scott Turow which was released in 1987. The novel was originally adapted into the 1990 feature film of the same name, starring Harrison Ford as Sabich.

Vance is a Tony and Emmy award winning actor who made his Broadway debut in August Wilson’s Fences. On screen, he is best known for his roles in Hamburger Hill, The Preacher’s Wife, and Isle of Dogs. Vance can next be seen as Zeus in the upcoming season of Percy Jackson & the Olympians, a role he is taking over from the late Lance Reddick.

Presumed Innocent season 2 is set to begin production this December.