11-02-2025
Amy Adams to Star Opposite Javier Bardem in Apple TV+'s Cape Fear
Look who's joining Javier Bardem on a trip to Cape Fear.
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) will star in and executive-produce Apple TV+'s upcoming series adaptation of the big screen thriller, TVLine has learned.
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In the series, married attorneys Anna (played by Adams) and Tom Bowden are in peril when Max Cady (Bardem, in the role Robert De Niro played in the 1991 film), a killer from their past, is released from prison. Cape Fear will consist of 10 episodes and, per the official logline, be 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.
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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.
In addition to playing Camille in HBO's Sharp Objects, Adams' TV career includes The Office, Dr. Vegas and King of the Hill. Her film work includes Enchanted, Julie & Julia, Man of Steel, Her, Vice, Hillbilly Elegy and Nightbitch.
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