In case you took a shot each time Jake Gyllenhaal‘s character proclaims “I didn’t kill her” within the trailer for Apple TV+‘s Presumed Harmless — truly, simply don’t try this.
“I don’t know what number of instances I’ve to say this,” Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich proclaims at one level within the trailer. The reply, primarily based on the proof within the clip, is 13 (or probably 14 — a rapid-fire audio montage close to the top makes the rely just a little murky) instances, with a “Do you actually suppose I killed [her]?” thrown in as nicely.
Presumed Harmless, which premieres June 12, relies on Scott Turow’s best-selling 1987 novel a couple of prosecutor (Gyllenhaal’s Rusty) who’s accused of murdering a colleague (Renate Reinsve) with whom he had an affair. The novel was beforehand tailored for a 1990 function movie that starred Harrison Ford as Rusty.
The restricted sequence comes from showrunner David E. Kelley — a veteran of coutroom dramas from L.A. Legislation to The Lincoln Lawyer and govt producer J.J. Abrams. Apple ordered the sequence in early 2022.
Ruth Negga, Invoice Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Elizabeth Marvel, Nana Mensah, Renate Reinsve, Peter Sarsgaard and Kingston Rumi Southwick additionally star, with Negga enjoying the important thing position of Rusty’s spouse and Sarsgaard the lead prosecutor on Rusty’s case. Per Apple’s description, this model of Turow’s story will discover “obsession, intercourse, politics, and the ability and limits of affection, because the accused fights to carry his household and marriage collectively.”
Abrams’ Dangerous Robotic Productions and David E. Kelley Productions produce Presumed Harmless in affiliation with Warner Bros. Tv. Abrams and Kelley govt produce with Dangerous Robotic’s Rachel Rusch Wealthy, David E. Kelley Productions’ Matthew Tinker, Dustin Thomason, Sharr White, Gyllenhal and administrators Anne Sewitsky and Greg Yaitanes. Turow and Miki Johnson are co-EPs. Sewitsky directed the primary two and the ultimate episode of the sequence, with Yaitanes helming episodes three by seven.
Watch the trailer beneath.