Apple TV+ has ordered ‘Cape Fear‘, written and showrun by Nick Antosca (‘The Act’, ‘Candy’, ‘A Friend of the Family’) and executive produced by Academy Award winners Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with Academy Award winner Javier Bardem starring and executive producing.
A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison. The 10-episode series is a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.
This is not, of course, the first time this story has come to screen. The first movie, made in 1962, starred Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Lori Martin and Polly Bergen, and was an adaptation of the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. That film was then remade in 1991 by Scorsese and starred Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis.
This new TV series version is based on both the novel “The Executioners,” and the Scorsese movie. However, there is one minor change from the novel, as only the husband was a lawyer in the book, rather than both the couple. The series comes from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Amblin Television.
The drama will be executive produced by Spielberg (who produced the 1991 film) alongside Scorsese. Creator Antosca will executive produce alongside Alex Hedlund for Eat the Cat, and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will executive produce alongside Spielberg for Amblin Television. The series is developed and produced through Antosca’s overall deal at UCP, where he’s been based since 2017.
In addition to ‘Cape Fear’, Bardem will also soon be seen in Apple Original Films’ highly anticipated feature ‘F1’, set to premiere in theatres globally on June 25, 2025. The series marks the latest collaboration for Amblin Television and Apple TV+ following the acclaimed, global hit series ‘Masters of the Air’. Apple also recently collaborated with Scorsese on the history-making 10-time Academy Award-nominated film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.
‘Cape Fear‘ does not have a premiere date but will air on Apple TV+ globally. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
