
Jake Gyllenhaal is the latest big-name star to nab himself a project on Apple TV Plus, as he stars in the eight-episode limited series Presumed Innocent. Is this the latest high-quality output from Apple, which has quietly built a strong roster of Apple TV Plus original shows for its subscribers?
It certainly has the pedigree, as Presumed Innocent is adapted from the New York Times best-selling book of the same name by Scott Turow, which was actually previously adapted into a 1990 movie starring Harrison Ford. This adaptation of Turow's story is being handled by David E. Kelly, who has been behind recent hit series The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix, Love & Death and The Calling, as well as J.J. Abrams, whose TV credits include Lost, Alias and Westworld.