Cape Fear TV Series Starring Javier Bardem Ordered at Apple TV+
Lock the doors and stay inside: Apple TV+ is heading back to Cape Fear.
The streamer has ordered a 10-episode adaptation of the film thriller, TVLine has learned, with Oscar winner Javier Bardem set to star. Bardem will play vengeful criminal Max Cady, the role played by Robert De Niro in the 1991 film version.
More from TVLine
Apple’s Cape Fear will center on “happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden,” whose lives are turned upside down when “Max Cady, a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison,” per the official description. The series is described as “a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.”
Nick Antosca (The Act) will serve as writer and showrunner on the series, with Martin Scorsese — who directed the 1991 film version — on board as an executive producer, along with Steven Spielberg and Bardem.
Cape Fear originated as a 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, based on the novel The Executioners, and was remade in 1991 by Scorsese, with Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, De Niro and Juliette Lewis in the cast. De Niro and Lewis both earned Oscar nominations for their roles.
Bardem recently played José Menendez in Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. He’s best known for his film work, including playing supernatural villain Anton Chigurh in 2007’s No Country for Old Men, which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. His other film credits include Skyfall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the recent Dune movies.
Will you be spending time on Apple’s Cape Fear? And who should play the married lawyers Max is stalking? Put on your casting director cap and join us in the comments.
Best of TVLine
Sign up for TVLine's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Solve the daily Crossword
