Did Presumed Innocent need a reboot?

Jake Gyllenhaal stars within the remake of Presumed Harmless, an eight-episode restricted collection authorized thriller a few homicide that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Lawyer’s workplace.

Based mostly on a novel of the identical identify by Scott Turow, the story was beforehand tailored as a movie in 1990 starring Harrison Ford. Whereas the opinions for the brand new collection are largely constructive, some critics are questioning: does every little thing want a reboot?

At present on Commotion, tradition author Leila Latif joins visitor host Amil Niazi to assessment the brand new collection and the way it improves upon the unique.

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You’ll be able to hearken to the complete dialogue from at present’s present on CBC Hear or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, accessible wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Leila Latif produced by Jess Low.