Another Jake Gyllenhaal Remake
Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 3:29 pm
Fresh off his successful (but mediocre) remake of Road House, Jake Gyllenhaal is remaking another popular film from the same era. It's Presumed Innocent, which starred Harrison Ford as a District Attorney suspected of murdering his mistress. It was based on a best selling novel by Scott Turow, who was John Grisham before Grisham. This version will be an eight-hour limited series on Apple TV, premiering in June. One major reason for the success of the original version was the surprise ending, which I won't spoil. David E. Kelley is the showrunner and wrote six of the eight episodes. He's also the writer/showrunner for the current Netflix limited series, A Man in Full with Jeff Daniels, based on Tom Wolfe's novel.
