Javier Bardem Joins ‘Cape Fear’ TV Series with Spielberg and Scorsese Producing!

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.

Now Variety reports that Javier Bardem (‘No Country for Old Men,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘Skyfall’) is set to be one of the leads of the series.

The show has been described as a psychological thriller. The official tagline for the upcoming show is as follows:

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.

The original ‘Cape Fear’ was released in 1962, based on the 1957 novel ‘The Executioners,’ and starred Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. It followed an attorney, Sam Bowden, whose family is stalked by Max Cady, a man he helped send to jail.

In 1991, Martin Scorsese remade the film with Robert De Niro as Cady and Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden. The remake earned Oscar nominations for De Niro and Juliette Lewis.

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