This Amazon hidden gem with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes audience score has been renewed for season 2 – and it's already been filmed in secret

Ronald Gladden and James Marsden in Jury Duty
(Image credit: Amazon Freevee)

All rise: a second season of the incredible courtroom comedy Jury Duty is set to hit Prime Video.

The series, revolving around a real-life person taking part in a hoax trial surrounded by actors, proved a hit on Amazon's Freevee channel upon its release in 2023 and is currently sitting on a 96% audience score on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

Most notably, James Marsden played a heightened, egotistical version of himself in a first season that saw construction worker Ronald Gladden dealing with disruptive jurors, prickly judges, and legal mishaps. At the season's end, Gladden – who remained blissfully unaware throughout – was walked through the entire experience and given a $100,000 cash prize.

Speaking to NPR after the release of the first season, Marsden – who has appeared in X-Men, Westworld, and the Sonic trilogy – revealed he was struggling with the "pressure cooker" environment of the unique, weeks-long premise.

Bradley Russell

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