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Apple TV+ is celebrating its record-breaking haul for the 2025 Emmys, where it received a total of 81 nominations, including multiple shows in the Outstanding Comedy and Drama series categories.

“Severance” led the Emmys as the most-nominated series with a total of 27 nominations, while Seth Rogen’s “The Studio” made history as the most-nominated freshman comedy with a total of 23 Emmy nominations.

Meanwhile, Bill Lawrence’s “Shrinking” received seven nominations, including firsts for Outstanding Comedy Series and Harrison Ford as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, while “Slow Horses” and “Presumed Innocent” saw five and four nominations, respectively.

“It feels great, especially on behalf of all of the talent. They work so hard on the shows,” Apple TV+ head of programming Matt Cherniss told TheWrap in an interview. “They put their faith in us as a home for those series and to see that leap of faith rewarded and so well...

Cape Fear is getting ready to cast off. The Apple TV+ series, the third screen adaptation of John D. MacDonald's psychological thriller novel The Executioners, has wrapped filming. Director Reed Morano commemorated the end of production on Instagram with a thank-you message to the series' cast and crew.

In the message celebrating the end of production in Atlanta, Morano pays tribute to "this miraculously beautiful shoot, these obscenely talented actors, this f***ing A+++++ crew of top level pros and one hell of a bonkers juicy story." She also deems the shoot to be one of "the most epic, gorgeous, insane & wildly inspiring experiences I’ve had to date." She thanks Javier Bardem, who will play the villainous Max Cady; Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson, who play protagonists Anna and Tom Bowden; cast members Lily Collias, Joe Anders, and Malia Pyles; and executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

"Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church. Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking."

Filming is now underway on the Apple TV+ Cape Fear series at Chevron Station in Atlanta, Georgia, and some set photos (via Just Jared) reveal our first look at Javier Bardem as Max Cady and Amy Adams as Amanda Bowden.

At first glance, this new take on the psychotic murderer/rapist looks quite a bit different to the clean-shaven, heavily tattooed version of the despicable character Robert De Niro played in Martin Scorsese's '90s adaptation, but closer shot reveals that the Dune: Part Two star is sporting a few tats and possibly some piercings.

The 10-episode series has Nick Antosca on board as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The project also has two filmmaking legends involved, with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese set to executive produce.

Amy Adams and Javier Bardem are hard at work on their new Apple TV+ series.

The two stars filmed scenes for the upcoming Cape Fear reboot series at a Chevron Station on Tuesday afternoon (June 10) in Atlanta, Georgia.

For their time on set, Amy, 50, wore a black suit with a purple blouse while Javier, 56, wore a blue shirt and jeans.

Amy was also seen filming a few scenes with fellow cast member Anna Baryshnikov.

Here’s the series’ official logline via Variety: “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

Nick Antosca will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner while Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese will also executive produce.

The series is based on both John D. MacDonald‘s novel The Executioners, which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 movie Cape Fear, as...

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Put that Rolex back where it came from. Spoilers for season 1 of "Friends and Neighbors" lie ahead!

Legendary horror writer Stephen King has many delightful qualities as a public figure, but perhaps his best is that he genuinely enjoys pop culture and consumes it just like the rest of us. On the social media platform Bluesky, King weighed in on a recent Apple TV+ series with a pretty positive verdict: "Deliriously nasty. It's like a John D. MacDonald novel from 1962 with a lot more sex and no good guy. Enjoyable."

The series in question is "Your Friends and Neighbors," which premiered on the streamer in April 2025 and stars "Mad Men" veteran Jon Hamm as Andrew Cooper, a finance guy usually called "Coop" who, in the first episode, gets fired over a fling with a subordinate employee and doesn't know how to keep his expensive life afloat.

Malia Pyles (“Pretty Little Liars”), Anna Baryshnikov (Love Lies Bleeding), Jamie Hector (“The Wire”), Clara Wong (The Eyes of My Mother), Lily Collias (Good One), and Joe Anders (1917) have joined Apple TV+’s “Cape Fear” TV series, Deadline reports.

They round out the cast lead by Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Amy Adams (Arrival), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring), and Cch Pounder (“The Shield”).

From executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, the 10-episode series is billed as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.

In it, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.

It’s based on both John D. MacDonald‘s 1957 novel The Executioners, which was adapted into 1962’s Cape Fear starring Gregory Peck, and...

Javier Bardem has started filming his new Apple TV+ project.

The 56-year-old Oscar-winning actor left his trailer and headed to set of the upcoming Cape Fear reboot series on Thursday (May 8) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Also seen on set were Javier‘s co-stars Patrick Wilson, Amy Adams, and Anna Baryshnikov.

Here’s the series’ official logline via Variety: “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

Nick Antosca will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner while Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese will also executive produce.

The series is based on both John D. MacDonald‘s novel The Executioners, which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 movie Cape Fear, as well as the acclaimed 1991 remake directed by Scorsese and produced by Spielberg, which starred Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte.

It was also just recently...

Martin Scorsese is rebooting one of his classics for Apple TV+. The fan-favorite director's Oscar-nominated 1991 neo-noir psychological thriller Cape Fear is heading to television, with its cast slowly coming together.

According to Deadline, three more actors have boarded Apple's Cape Fear series, which will be headlined by Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson. Anna Baryshnikov (Love Lies Bleeding), Jamie Hector (Bosch), and Clara Wong (Billions) have been cast in undisclosed roles. The trio joins an ensemble that includes Javier Bardem and Cch Pounder. Nick Antosca is writing and serving as showrunner on Cape Fear, with Scorsese and Steven Spielberg attached as executive producers.

Apple's Cape Fear will be based on John D. MacDonald's 1957 novel The Executioners as well as Scorsese's 1991 movie. The 10-episode series will mark the third time The Executioners has been adapted for the screen, with a 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck also having been made. In the upcoming series,...

The streaming adaptation of ‘Cape Fear’ tells the story of a killer who returns to haunt a pair of happily married attorneys.

There’s a new “Cape Fear” coming to TV screens everywhere — this time, in the form of a streaming TV series on Apple TV+. As is always the case with an Apple TV+ show, the new “Cape Fear” has a very strong A-list cast attached, and will do its best to terrify audiences just as the first two incarnations of the story have done in years past. We’ll show you everything you need to know about the new “Cape Fear” series here!

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Cch Pounder (“The Shield”) has been cast in Apple TV+’s “Cape Fear” from executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Variety reports.

The four-time Emmy nominee joins the previously announced Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson.

We’ve also learned that Morten Tyldum has signed on to executive produce and direct the pilot.

The show is based on both John D. MacDonald‘s 1957 novel The Executioners, which was adapted into 1962’s Cape Fear starring Gregory Peck, and Scorsese’s 1991 remake with Robert De Niro.

In it, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.

“Channel Zero” and “Brand New Cherry Flavor” creator Nick Antosca will serves as showrunner, writer, and executive producer for the 10-episode series.

UCP, where Antosca and his Eat the Cat banner are under an overall deal,...

Variety reports that Morten Tyldum has been tapped to direct the pilot for Apple’s upcoming Cape Fear series and executive produce. Additionally, the great Cch Pounder has joined the cast, which includes Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson.

Based on John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners, Cape Fear “will follow what unfolds after killer Max Cady (Bardem) is released from prison and seeks out the Bowdens, whom he blames for his sentence.” The 10-episode series has been described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller that will examine America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. It’s not known who Pounder will play in the series, but she’s always a very welcome addition to any project.

Tyldum has plenty of small-screen experience under his belt. He directed all eight episodes of Apple’s Defending Jacob miniseries, helmed three episodes of Silo (also on Apple TV...

Cch Pounder has joined the “Cape Fear” series at Apple TV+, with Morten Tyldum now onboard to executive produce and direct the pilot.

Pounder will appear alongside previously announced cast members Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson. The 10-episode series is based on both the John D. MacDonald novel “The Executioners,” which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 Universal Pictures feature “Cape Fear,” as well as the acclaimed 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Steven Spielberg, with Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte in the lead roles.

Per the official logline, “In ‘Cape Fear,’ a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

Pounder is a four-time Emmy nominee — one each for “The X-Files,” “The Shield,” “ER,” and “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.” She is also known for her...

The Conjuring and Aquaman star Patrick Wilson's psychological thriller, A kind of Murder, will soon hit Max. The underrated murder mystery movie, which stars The Sinner and Blade: Trinity's Jessica Biel opposite Wilson, debuted in 2016 to less-than-stellar reviews from critics.

Audiences will have another chance to re-experience and re-evaluate A Kind of Murder when it arrives on Max on April 1. Directed by Andy Goddard from a screenplay by Susan Boyd, the film adapts Patricia Highsmith's 1954 novel The Blunderer. Wilson plays Walter Stackhouse, an architect and aspiring writer of short-story crime fiction, fascinated by the recent murder of the spouse of local bookstore owner Marty Kimmel. Biel portrays Walter's wife Clara Stackhouse, who apparently commits suicide not far from the restaurant parking lot where Kimmel's wife was murdered. A police investigation led by Detective Lawrence Corby ensues, as both husbands are suspected of being involved in the deaths of both women.

Hart Hanson's procedural series "Bones" was never a runaway hit for Fox, but thanks to its devoted fan base it had a high Nielsen ratings floor, which made it one of the network's most reliable shows over its 12-year run. Viewers dug its out-there plotlines and, of course, the will-they-or-won't-they chemistry between forensic genius Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) -- something that spilled over to the supporting players, who struck up romantic sparks of their own (most notably between Michelle Conlin's Angela Montenegro and T.J. Thyne's Jack Hodgins).

Indeed, "Bones" had a deep bench of supporting characters who were immensely appealing, so it's kind of surprising that Hanson and Fox never managed to generate a spinoff series for one or more of them. Surely, they could've taken a chance on one of the series' squinterns? Okay, there was "Bones: Skeleton Crew...

Patrick Wilson has joined the cast of Amy Adams and Javier Bardem for Apple TV’s ‘Cape Fear’ series adaptation.

The 10-episode series follows a happily married couple whose lives are turned upside down when a notorious killer from their past gets out of prison. Adams will play the wife, Anna, while Bardem will play the killer. Details of Wilson’s character have yet to be disclosed.

Based on the John D. MacDonald novel ‘The Executioners,’ as well as Gregory Peck and Scorsese’s films, from 1962 and 1991, the new series comes from creator and showrunner Nick Antosca with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg set to executive produce.

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The series has been described as a “tense, Hitchcockian thriller” and an “examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.”

The latest adaptation comes from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group,...

Patrick Wilson is the latest actor to join the upcoming Cape Fear remake. Wilson, whose addition was reported by Variety, joins previously announced cast members Amy Adams and Javier Bardem. Apple TV+'s screen adaptation will mark the third, following the classic J. Lee Thompson film from 1962 and Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake, both of which were based on the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. This version, however, will be the first time the story is explored episodically.

The 10-episode series' official logline reads:

A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.

Scorsese famously directed the 1990s remake, which starred Robert De Niro as convicted rapist Max Cady, who seeks revenge against his former public defender, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), whom he blames for his 14-year imprisonment. The film also starred Jessica Lange,...

Apple TV+’s “Cape Fear“ series adaptation has just added another familiar face to its cast. Variety reports that The Conjuring and Insidious franchise stalwart Patrick Wilson has joined the series.

The 10-episode series hails from “Channel Zero“ creator Nick Antosca, who serves as showrunner, writer, and executive producer.

The official logline reads, “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna and Tom Bowden when Max Cady, a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.“ Apple describes their series as “a tense, contemporary thriller that examines America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. In it, a storm is coming for a pair of married attorneys when an infamous killer from their past gets released after years in prison.”

It was previously confirmed that star Amy Adams will play Anna Bowden, and Javier Bardem is set to play unsettling villain Max Cady. Wilson’s role...

Apple TV+ is assembling quite the cast for its upcoming Cape Fear series, as Patrick Wilson is set to join Javier Bardem and Amy Adams.

Wilson will play Tom Bowden, an attorney married to Anna (Adams), a fellow lawyer. Based on the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald, Cape Fear “will follow what unfolds after killer Max Cady (Bardem) is released from prison and seeks out the Bowdens, whom he blames for his sentence.” The 10-episode series has been described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller which will serve as an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.

Nick Antosca is writing the new Cape Fear series and will also executive produce alongside Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, Alex Hedlund, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey. The original novel was first adapted in 1962 into a movie starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. In...

Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring and Aquaman franchises) has just boarded the cast of Cape Fear, a new series in the works at Apple TV+. The project has the involvement of Martin Scorsese, who previously directed one version of the film that was released in 1991.

Per Deadline, it's been revealed that Wilson has taken on a role in the new Cape Fear series adaptation. He is the latest addition to the cast, following Amy Adams (Man of Steel) and Javier Bardem (The Little Mermaid). Nick Antosca is writing and serving as showrunner. Scorsese and fellow Academy Award-winning Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg are serving as executive producers on the project, while Bardem is also serving as an executive producer.

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Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring franchise) has joined Amy Adams and Javier Bardem in Apple TV+ series Cape Fear, from Nick Antosca, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Cape Fear is based on John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners — which inspired the 1962 feature of the same name directed by J. Lee Thompson from storyboards devised by original director Alfred Hitchcock — and the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese.

The 10-episode series is described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. In Cape Fear, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda (Adams) and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.

Hailing from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Amblin Television, Alex Hedlund executive produces alongside Antosca for Eat The Cat; and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey...

Patrick Wilson is joining Amy Adams and Javier Bardem in the upcoming Apple TV+ “Cape Fear” adaptation.

From creator and showrunner Nick Antosca and executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, “Cape Fear” follows a happily married couple whose lives are turned upside down when a notorious killer from their past gets out of prison. Adams will play the wife, Anna, while Bardem will play the killer. Wilson’s role has yet to be officially disclosed.

Apple describes the 10-episode series as a “tense, Hitchcockian thriller” and an “examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.”

“Cape Fear” is based on the John D. MacDonald novel “The Executioners,” as well as Gregory Peck and Scorsese’s films, from 1962 and 1991, respectively. The new series hails from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Adass and Bardem are also executive producers on the project,...

Apple TV+ has found its third lead for the streamer’s upcoming Cape Fear series.

Patrick Wilson (the Conjuring franchise, FX’s Fargo) is joining Javier Bardem and Amy Adams in the series, an adaptation of the two previous Cape Fear films from 1991 and 1962 (which in turn were based on The Executioners, a 1957 novel by John D. MacDonald). Wilson will play Tom Bowden, an attorney married to fellow lawyer Anna (Adams).

As with the films, the Cape Fear series will follow what unfolds after killer Max Cady (Bardem) is released from prison and seeks out the Bowdens, whom he blames for his sentence. The show will add a 21st century wrinkle by also exploring America’s current true-crime obsession.

Nick Antosca (The Act, A Friend of the Family) is writing and executive producing Cape Fear. Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese — who produced and directed the 1991 film that starred Robert De Niro,...

The star of The Conjuring films looks set to join Amy Adams and Javier Bardem as the leading trio in the new Cape Fear.

When we heard last week that Amy Adams is to move into TV to join Javier Bardem for the upcoming small screen take on Cape Fear, the key question was over who would take on the final role in the leading trio of characters. Adams has joined Javier Bardem in a new take on the story of Max Cady, an ex-prisoner who seeks revenge on the lawyer who put him in prison. In the latest version, the story’s changed a little to make both Sam Bowden and his wife Anna into the legal eagle targets in Cady’s sights.

With Bardem set to play the deranged Cady and Adams playing Anna Bowden, the next question mark lay over who would play her onscreen husband. It...

Fans of author John D. MacDonald should get excited because a new TV series called Cape Fear, based on his 1957 novel The Executioners, is coming soon! The novel inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 Universal Pictures film Cape Fear, as well as the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte. Below, we’ve rounded up everything there is to know about the upcoming series Cape Fear, from the cast to the premiere date and more. When will Cape Fear premiere? Cape Fear is currently in the works and is set to come out sometime in 2026. Ten episodes have been ordered. Where will Cape Fear be streaming? Fans will be able to watch the new series on Apple TV+. Who is in the Cape Fear cast? Universal/Getty Images Academy Award nominee Amy Adams will star in and executive produce the series. She will play an attorney named Amanda.

We first heard that Cape Fear was being adapted for the small screen back in 2023, and late last year,it was announced that Apple TV+ has ordered a 10-episode series with Nick Antosca on board as writer, executive producer, and showrunner.

The project also has two filmmaking legends involved, with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese set to executive produce.

Javier Bardem is set to play Max Cady, and Deadline is now reporting that he'll be joined by Amy Adams as Amanda Bowden. The Academy Award-nominee is also on board as an executive producer.

With Adams in this role, there's a good chance her character will be brought more to the forefront, and there's speculation that Amanda will be Cady's former attorney in this take on the story (the synopsis below may support this).

The show will be based on the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners, which inspired both the...

Amy Adams joins Javier Bardem in the Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese-produced TV remake of Cape Fear.

Amy Adams has joined the cast of the upcoming TV adaptation of Cape Fear, a project that just got a little bit more exciting with the news that another quality actor of is set to lead the production.

Adams joins Javier Bardem in ‘the story of two happily married attorneys, Anna Bowden and Tom Bowden, who face a growing storm when a notorious killer from their past named Max Cady gets out of prison.’

Javier Bardem is taking on the role of Max Cady, last seen on screen played by Robert De Niro.

There’s no word as yet regarding who will play the role of Tom Bowden, but with Adams and Bardem occupying two of the film’s lead roles, anticipation just went up a notch for the next casting announcement.

Golden Globe-winner Amy Adams has been cast in a lead role in Apple TV+’sCape Fear series and will join Oscar-winner Javier Bardem in the show, Variety reports. The new series is based on the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald as well as the 1962 Universal Pictures' Cape Fear, starring Gregory Peck, and Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake, which starred Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte.

Apple TV+’s Cape Fear was announced back in November 2024 and was given a 10 episode order. The series’ official logline reads: “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

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Amy Adams, the beloved star of films like Arrival and Catch Me If You Can, has joined the cast of the Apple TV+ series Cape Fear. Alongside Javier Bardem, Adams is headlining the series, which offers a new take on Martin Scorsese's divisive '90s thriller starring Robert De Niro.

Per Variety, Adams will star alongside Bardem in the TV version of the 1991 thriller, which starred Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, and Juliette Lewis. As with Scorsese's film, the new Cape Fear is based on the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners, published in 1961. The story follows attorney Tom Bowden, who withholds evidence to get violent psychopath Max Cady sent to prison. When Cady gets out, he sets his sights on Tom and his wife, fellow attorney Anna, and their teen daughter.

Adams will play Anna, with Bardem taking the role of Max Cady. Here's the...

Amy Adams is set to star in and executive produce 'Cape Fear'.The 50-year-old actress is poised to star alongside Javier Bardem in the new Apple TV series, which is being executive produced by Hollywood icons Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.Amy will play a character called Anna, an attorney who is married to another attorney named Tom, in the series.Amy's character faces a terrifying scenario when Max Cady, a character from her past, played by Javier, emerges from prison and threatens to disrupt her life.The role of Tom, Amy's on-screen husband, has yet to be cast.The 'Cape Fear' remake is being written by Nick Antosca, while Javier is also serving as an executive producer on the project.'Cape Fear' is based on John D. MacDonald's novel 'The Executioners'.The novel actually inspired a 1962 film adaptation starring Gregory Peck, as well as Scorsese...

Amy Adams is set to lead Cape Fear!

The TV series is currently in the works at Apple TV+, via Variety.

Amy is tapped to join Javier Bardem in the show, which was ordered to series at Apple in November for 10 episodes.

Keep reading to find out more…

The series is based on both the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners, which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 film Cape Fear, as well as the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte.

Here’s the official logline: “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

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Academy Award nominee Amy Adams has signed on to star opposite Javier Bardem in Apple TV+’s “Cape Fear.”

“Channel Zero” creator Nick Antosca will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer for the 10-episode series.

Both actors will also executive produce alongside Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

The series is based on both John D. MacDonald‘s 1957 novel The Executioners, which was adapted into 1962’s Cape Fear starring Gregory Peck, and Scorsese’s 1991 remake with Robert De Niro.

The official logline reads, “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

Antosca previously created “Channel Zero,” “The Act,” “Candy,” and “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” in addition to working on “Hannibal,” “Chucky,” and “Teen Wolf.”

UCP, where Antosca and his Eat the Cat banner are under an overall deal, will produce “Cape Fear.

At one point in time, Steven Spielberg was set to direct the thriller Cape Fear, while Martin Scorsese was attached to direct the historical drama Schindler’s List. Then Scorsese decided to step away from Schindler’s List, a choice that coincided with Spielberg deciding that Cape Fear was too violent for him. So the directors traded movies – resulting in Scorsese directing Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis to Oscar nominations for Cape Fear and Spielberg turning Schindler’s List into a Best Picture winner. Now, Spielberg and Scorsese are teaming up to executive produce a TV series adaptation of Cape Fear, with Nick Antosca on board as executive producer and showrunner – and Deadline reports that Amy Adams (Man of Steel) has signed on to star in and executive produce the series!

Adams joins the previously announced cast member Javier Bardem, who is set to play the villainous Max Cady...

Amy Adams is set for a lead role in the “Cape Fear” TV series currently in the works at Apple TV+, Variety has learned.

Adams joins Javier Bardem in the show, which was picked up to series at Apple in November with a 10 episode order. The series is based on both the John D. MacDonald novel “The Executioners,” which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 Universal Pictures feature “Cape Fear,” as well as the acclaimed 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte.

The official logline for the series states, “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

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Multi-Emmy and Academy Award nominee Amy Adams will star in and executive produces the Apple TV+ series Cape Fear, from Nick Antosca, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. Adams will star opposite Javier Bardem who also exec produces.

Cape Fear is based on John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners — which inspired the 1962 feature of the same name directed by J. Lee Thompson from storyboards devised by original director Alfred Hitchcock — and the 1991 remake directed by Scorsese.

The 10-episode series greenlit in November, is described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. In Cape Fear, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda (Adams) and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.

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Amy Adams is set to star in and executive produce Apple TV+’s upcoming “Cape Fear” series, which hails from Hollywood legends Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Adams will star in the Hitchcockian thriller alongside Javier Bardem, who will also serve as an executive producer. The “Cape Fear” remake hails from Nick Antosca, who will write and showrun.

In the series, Adams will star as Anna, an attorney who is married to another attorney named Tom, who face a storm when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison, per the official logline. The casting for Tom has yet to be announced.

The 10-episode series is billed as an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century, according to Apple TV+.

Adams recently starred in “Nightbitch,” which scored her a Golden Globe nomination for best performance by a female actor in...

Apple has lined up a second A-list name for its Cape Fear series.

Amy Adams will star opposite Javier Bardem in the thriller, which counts Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese — who teamed for a 1991 remake of the original 1962 film — among its executive producers. Adams will also be an EP.

As with the two films (and the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners that served as their source material), the Cape Fear series will follow the events when a killer, Max Cady (Bardem), is released from prison and begins to harass the couple he deems responsible for his sentence, married attorneys Anna and Tom Bowden. Adams will play Anna.

The 10-episode series will also add a present-day element that examines America’s obsession with true crime.

Cape Fear comes from writer and showrunner Nick Antosca (The Act, A Friend of the Family). Universal Studio Group’s UCP, where Antosca has an overall deal,...

Through the 65 books adorned with Stephen King's name and the 200 short stories sprinkled among them, there are good, bad, and truly monstrous characters filling the worlds he's created and cracked open to spill into others. With such a wide variety, everyone has a favorite that has more often than not, jumped from the page and onto the screen to gain a second life. There's one above all, however, that the author feels will outlive them all and be a name that will perhaps even outlive his own, long after he's gone so long as there's fear to feast on.

In an interview with The New York Times, King predicted that Pennywise the Clown, the nefarious child-eating monster from "It" will stand the test of time, even if he doesn't. "When I was growing up, the big paperback writer was John D. MacDonald. When he died, his work pretty much disappeared,...

The classic thriller Cape Fear is once again getting remade, but this time it is going to be on the small screen with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg back on board. Cape Fear is an adaptation of John D. MacDonald's novel The Executioners, and tells the story of a recently-released criminal who exacts his revenge against the lawyer who originally defended him. The story was first adapted into a 1962 film starring Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck but was also remade by Martin Scorsese in 1991.

Noted for its classic suspense and brilliant score, both versions of Cape Fear captured the imaginations of their respective generations and put a spin on MacDonald's original vision. Now, the underrated Scorsese movie is returning, but it is destined to be remade as a TV series that aims to modernize it in a distinctly 21st-century context. Though the project is still in the very early stages of development,...

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We first heard that Cape Fear was being adapted for the small screen last year, and the trades have now announced that Apple TV+ has ordered a 10-episode series with Nick Antosca on board as writer, executive producer, and showrunner.

The project also has two filmmaking legends involved, with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese set to executive produce.

One of the lead roles has been cast, with Javier Bardem set to play Max Cady.

Bardem has some experience playing remorseless killers after his Academy Award-winning turn as Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men. Cady is undoubtedly an even more twisted and vile character, however, so it will be interesting to see what Bardem brings to the role following Robert De Niro's iconic performance.

The show will be based on the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners, which inspired both the...

Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese’s planned remake of Cape Fear is set to star Javier Bardem, it’s been revealed.

The first ever television collaboration between cinema giants, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg is moving forwards with a mighty casting announcement: Javier Bardem will be taking the lead role in an upcoming small screen remake of Cape Fear.

The report, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, states that Bardem will take on the role of the unhinged stalker Max Cady, the narrative’s charismatic but psychopathic antagonist. Bardem’s casting sees him join a short but distinguished list of actors who have graced the role: Robert Mitchum played Cady in the 1962 film and Robert De Niro portrayed the character in Scorsese’s pulpy 1991 take.

We’d imagine that Bardem was one of the very first casting suggestions to spring to mind. His take on the equally menacing antagonist Anton Chigurh...

Apple TV+ is developing its next high-profile television project with the recently announced Cape Fear, produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. Deadline reports that Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem will star in the series as killer Max Cady. He will also executive produce alongside Scorsese and Spielberg.

Cape Fear has been reimagined a few times now, with the story based on John D. Macdonald's 1957 novel The Executioners, which was adapted into the 1962 movie from director J. Lee Thompson. Thompson was heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock in the creation of his film, and the Apple TV+ series has been described as a "Hitchcockian thriller."

In 1991, Scorsese made his own version of Cape Fear. Scorcese's movie featured a stacked cast of actors like Scorsese's frequent collaborator, Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, and Juliette Lewis. In that version, Cady was a convicted rapist seeking vengeance against his public defender,...

Javier Bardem has booked his next TV role!

On Monday (November 18), it was announced that the 55-year-old Oscar-winning actor will be starring in Apple TV+ series Cape Fear, which will be executive produced by fellow Oscar winners Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Keep reading to find out more…Created by The Act‘s showrunner Nick Antosca, Cape Fear is described as a “tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison,” according to Deadline.

The series is based on John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners, which inspired the 1962 movie of the same name directed J. Lee Thompson from storyboards devised by original director Alfred Hitchcock as well as the 1991 remake directed by Martin and produced by Steven.

Javier Bardem is a wonderful actor, a man whose filmography is filled with a diverse array of characters whose appearances span the genre spectrum. He is also, it would be fair to say, an actor who's really good at playing villainous psychopaths — be it No Country For Old Men's Anton Chigurh, Skyfall's Silva, Pirates Of The Caribbean's Captain Salazar, or Lyle, Lyle Crocodile's mendacious Hector P. Valenti. And according to Deadline, another unhinged wrong'un is now in Bardem's sights, as he has signed on to play the notorious killer Max Cady in the latest retooling of Cape Fear, which Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Nick Antosca are currently setting up at Apple TV.

Created by The Act's Nick Antosca and set to be executive produced by Spielberg and Scorsese (as well as Bardem), this latest take on Cape Fear — previously adapted from John D. MacDonald's book...

Javier Bardem, the Academy Award-winning star of No Country For Old Men (and recent meme-lord thanks to Dune: Part Two), has signed on to play another psychopath, this time in the Apple TV+ reboot of Cape Fear. Martin Scorsese directed the previous adaptation, in which Robert De Niro gave audiences goosebumps with his riveting portrayal of a psychopathic criminal.

The new adaptation is a 10-episode series set to debut on Apple TV+. So far, only Bardem is confirmed as a cast member and executive producer. Variety reports that Nick Antosca will be the showrunner and writer. Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg will executive produce the project alongside Antosca, Alex Hedlund, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey.

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Back in 2023, Apple TV+ officially ordered a series adaptation of ‘Cape Fear.’ The show is set to adapt Universal’s 1991 remake of a 1962 film under the same name, which was in turn based on the 1957 novel ‘The Executioner’ written by John D. MacDonald.

The film is about a convicted rapist who uses his knowledge of the law and its loopholes to seek revenge on a former public defender. He blames the lawyer for his 14-year prison sentence, claiming the lawyer purposely sabotaged his defense during the trial.

The series is being developed by UCP and Amblin. It will be the first TV project that Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg worked on together. They are executive producers along with showrunner Nick Antosca, who has worked on shows like ‘Channel Zero’ and ‘The Act.’ Other executive producers include Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey from Amblin, and Alex Hedlund from Eat the Cat.

A television adaptation of Cape Fear is officially in development, with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese producing, and Javier Bardem in the lead. It was first reported back in November 2023 that the thriller Cape Fear was in the process of becoming a television series. At the time, it was mentioned that the high-profile project was headed for a bidding war with several interested outlets.

Apple TV+ looks to have won that war, with Variety confirming that the streamer is officially moving forward with a television adaptation of Cape Fear, with Bardem in the lead, in addition to Scorsese and Spielberg producing. The logline is below:

A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.

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At one point in time, Steven Spielberg was set to direct the thriller Cape Fear, while Martin Scorsese was attached to direct the historical drama Schindler’s List. Then Scorsese decided to step away from Schindler’s List, a choice that coincided with Spielberg deciding that Cape Fear was too violent for him. So the directors traded movies – resulting in Scorsese directing Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis to Oscar nominations for Cape Fear and Spielberg turning Schindler’s List into a Best Picture winner. Now, Spielberg and Scorsese are teaming up to executive produce a TV series adaptation of Cape Fear, with Nick Antosca on board as executive producer and showrunner – and Deadline reports that Javier Bardem has signed on to play the villainous Max Cady in this new take on the story!

Coming our way from Amblin Television and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, this version...

The 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald was adapted twice for the big screen with both 1962’s Cape Fear and 1991’s Cape Fear, and the tale is next headed to the small screen for a television series from writer/showrunner Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero”).

THR reports today that Javier Bardem (“Monsters”) will star in the brand new Cape Fear television series, which hails from exec producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Bardem is set to play the villain of the piece, the sinister Max Cady.

Apple+ has already greenlit the project with a series order.

The Hollywood Reporter notes, “The 10-episode series is described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. The broad strokes of the story and the characters remain the same as the film versions as happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden face a...

Javier Bardem has played his share of iconic movie villains, but he’s about to take on another great one: Max Cady in “Cape Fear.”

Apple TV+ has acquired the rights to a series adaptation of “Cape Fear” from writer and showrunner Nick Antosca and has given it a 10-episode series order. News of the project was first reported in November of last year, almost a year ago to the date, but Bardem is newly coming aboard to star now that it’s landed at Apple.

Martin Scorsese, who directed the 1991 version of “Cape Fear,” and Steven Spielberg, who produced that film, are both executive producing the new series. Bardem is also executive producing in addition to starring.

In “Cape Fear,” a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison. This new interpretation is described as a tense,...