Based on Scott Turow's novel, "Presumed Innocent" features Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor accused of murdering a colleague. The cast includes Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, Peter Sarsgaard, O-T Fagbenle, and Renate Reinsve.
David E. Kelley serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Matthew Tinker, J.J. Abrams, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Gyllenhaal, who produces under his Nine Stories banner. The first season's executive producers also include Thomason, Sharr White, Anne Sewitsky, and Greg Yaitanes, with Warner Bros. Television producing.