Matthew Rhys Joins Presumed Innocent Season 2 Anthology

Matthew Rhys has joined the cast of Apple TV's Presumed Innocent for its second season, starring opposite Rachel Brosnahan and Jack Reynor in a new anthology installment based on Jo Murray's debut legal thriller Dissection of a Murder. The series, which returns after a well-received first season, will follow Brosnahan as a defense attorney who takes on a high profile murder case that pits her against Rhys's character, her husband and the prosecutor on the matter, with Reynor cast as the defendant who insists she represent him.

Publisher Pan Macmillan's description of Dissection of a Murder says Leila Reynolds, Brosnahan's character, is handed her first murder case and is "shocked at how high profile it is" the death of a respected judge. The publisher adds that the matter is beyond her expertise but that the defendant, Jack Millman, is adamant he wants her alone. Series producers have otherwise kept precise plot and character details under wraps as the book is prepared for publication. Pan Macmillan has identified 2026 as the publication year; some earlier accounts described the novel as forthcoming next year, a discrepancy reflecting shifting timelines between reporting and...