Highlights

• Gyllenhaal's impressive career includes 10 films grossing over $100 million, stunning fans with his work.
• Apple TV Plus' Presumed Innocent has fans in a frenzy with Jake Gyllenhaal taking on a chilling role.
• Gyllenhaal balances big-screen success with stage performances, gearing up for new productions in 2025.

On May 1, 2024, Apple TV Plus dropped the trailer for their new legal thriller miniseries Presumed Innocent, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The show has been penciled in for a June debut, and fans cannot stop waxing lyrical after watching the one-minute teaser.

Gyllenhaal has very little to prove in Hollywood, with his decades-long career speaking for itself. As of March 2024, he had starred in ten films that grossed $100 million or more at the box office. Some of the actor’s finest work include films like Source Code, Nocturnal Animals, Brokeback Mountain and Nightcrawler.

Some people still contest his marketability in terms of overall box office performance, while there has been criticism for some of the roles he took on in recent years. The first glimpse that fans got into his new limited series have quelled the noise, certainly on the latter.

Jake Gyllenhaal Plays A Prosecutor In Apple TV’s Mini-Series Presumed Innocent

Apple TV Plus’ legal thriller miniseries Presumed Innocent is the brainchild of successful television producer David E. Kelley, best known for Chicago Hope, Boston Legal, The Practice and Ally McBeal, among others. The show is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by renowned author Scott Turow.

The book was previously adapted to the screen, in a box office smash hit starring Harrison Ford in 1990. The more recent adaptation is made for TV, and features a total of eight episodes. Jake Gyllenhaal portrays a prosecutor called Rusty Sabich for each of those, the same role that Ford played decades before.

The limited series delves into the chilling narrative of a gruesome murder that shakes the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's office. All eyes turn to Rusty as suspicions mount regarding his involvement in the crime. Preacher actress Ruth Negga stars as Gyllenhaal’s character’s wife, Barbara Sabich.

Other confirmed cast members include Bill Camp as Rusty’s boss Raymond Horgan, with Elizabeth Marvel, Renate Reinsve and O-T Fagbenle all part of the line-up as well.

Fans Are Raving Over Jake Gyllenhaal In Presumed Innocent

The trailer for Presumed Innocent on Apple TV Plus’ YouTube channel gained traction quite fast, with nearly 400,000 people viewing it within a week. The video also amassed more than 6,000 likes in the same time period, but it was in the comments section that things really lit up.

One of the most popular comments alluded to the presumably uncharacteristic roles that Jake Gyllenhaal has taken on in the years leading up to this new project. Some of these roles include the films Ambulance, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant and even Strange World, an animated film.

While none of these movies can be considered “unserious,” fans are accustomed to seeing Gyllenhaal in thrilling roles with dark undertones, as demonstrated by the comment: “Jake Gyllenhal back to playing serious roles. Finally!!”

The 68-minute-long trailer featured multiple other stars, but fans were enamored with Gyllenhaal. “Gyllenhall must have one of the best CV's of any actor ever. Talk about consistency,” one wrote, while another said: “Anything with Jake, count me in… One of the best actors there is.”

What Else Is Jake Gyllenhaal Working On In 2024?

Principal photography for Presumed Innocent began in February 2023 in Pasadena, California, and at least poured over into March. Apple TV Plus set June 12 as the expected premiere date for the limited series, but there is a lot more that fans of Jake Gyllenhaal can look forward to from the actor.

Jake Gyllenhaal's Projects Since 2022

Having successfully collaborated with Guy Ritchie in The Covenant in 2022, Gyllenhaal is once again joining forces with the director for yet another action film. The pair’s In the Grey was in the post-production stages in April 2024, according to Collider, and set for a January 2025 release. Henry Cavill, Eiza González and Rosamund Pike are other superstars in the cast.

Gyllenhaal has balanced his rise as a star of the big screen with multiple stage roles over the years, since he first performed on the West End in 2002. He is set to continue this trend, with a scheduled portrayal of Iago in the famous Shakespeare play Othello in 2025. The actor is also preparing for a role as Georges Seurat in a production of Sunday in the Park with George.