Fear has a new address and Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson's fear resides with Javier Bardem's re-entry into their lives. The chilling first teaser of Cape Fear has been unveiled by Apple TV which shows Adams and Wilson's characters playing a happily married couple whose lives are turned horrifically upside down with Bardem twisting it to his sinister wishes in his quest for vengeance.
The 10-episode series is set to be a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. It follows the plot of the original film which revolves around happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Wilson) who face growing trouble as Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison. Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg will executive producing the series.
Nick Antosca, best known for creating true crime dramas like A Friend of the Family and The Act has written the series and is serving as the showrunner.
The series draws inspiration from John D MacDonald's novel The Executioners that served as the foundation for the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck, as well as the highly regarded 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Steven Spielberg, and featuring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte in the main roles.
The cast also includes CCH Pounder, Joe Anders, Lily Collias, Jamie Hector, Malia Pyles, Anna Baryshnikov, Ron Perlman, Ted Levine and Margarita Levieva.
Alongside Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, the project’s executive producers are Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund under the Eat the Cat banner; Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey representing Spielberg’s Amblin Television; Javier Bardem; Amy Adams; and Morten Tyldum, who also directed the pilot episode.
Cape Fear will premiere with two episodes on June 5.