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'Presumed Innocent' series in the works at Apple TV+

By Karen Butler   |   Feb. 4, 2022 at 8:55 AM
Harrison Ford's 1990 movie "Presumed Innocent" is getting a remake at Apple TV+ File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Harrison Ford, the voice of Rooster in "The Secret Life of Pets 2," attends the premiere in Los Angeles in 2019. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Harrison Ford attends the Japan premiere for the film "Blade Runner 2049" in Tokyo in 2017. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI David E. Kelley appears backstage during the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in 2017. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Director J.J. Abrams attends the Japan premiere for the film "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in Tokyo in 2019. File Photo by UPI

Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Writer-producers David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams are collaborating on an Apple TV+ limited series based on Scott Turow's 1987 novel, Presumed Innocent.

Kelley -- whose credits include The Practice and Big Little Lies -- will serve as showrunner and will executive produce the project.

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Abrams -- of Lost and Alias fame -- will executive produce the new thriller.

No casting has been announced for the remake yet.

Harrison Ford starred in a 1990 film adaptation of Presumed Innocent.

Set in Chicago, it is about what happens when a city prosecutor becomes a suspect in the murder of a colleague.