TV titans J.J. Abrams and David E. Kelley are set to team for a limited series adaptation of Scott Turow’s legal thriller novel Presumed Innocent, which was previously brought to the big screen by director Alan J. Pakula with the 1990 Harrison Ford film.
Kelley, whose TV work includes the likes of Ally McBeal, Boston Legal and Big Little Lies, will serve as showrunner on the series, while Abrams and Dustin Thomason (Castle Rock) will executive produce.
Presumed Innocent revolves around “a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorneys’ office when one of its own is suspected of the crime [and explores] obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love, as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
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The project marks Kelley’s first for Apple TV+, while Abrams’ Bad Robot has previously worked with the streamer on Little Voice and the Stephen King adaptation Lisey’s Story.
Via Deadline
