Defending Jacob is a 2020 English-language Drama Mystery series developed by Mark Bomback directed by Morten Tyldum. Defending Jacob was produced under the production house Mimir Films in collaboration with Mark Bomback Productions, Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content. The series originally aired on Apple TV+. Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. Every parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy. Jacob insists that he is innocent, and Andy believes him. Andy must. He's his father. But as damning facts and shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, as the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own - between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive. Written by waynerussell-76767. Defending jacob features Chris Evans in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel and Sakina Jaffrey. The show is based on Defending Jacob by William Landay. The music was composed by Atli Rvarsson along with Olafur Arnalds. Cinematography was done by Jonathan Freeman. The series has a running time of 45-53 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 8 episodes. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by Apple Inc.