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, and Amblin Television are producing; Antosca executive produces with his Eat the Cat partner Alex Hedlund; Scorsese; Spielberg, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television; and Adams and Bardem.
Adams is a six-time Oscar nominee, most recently in 2019 for Vice. She also scored Emmy nominations as the lead actress and a producer of HBO’s 2018 miniseries Sharp Objects. Her recent credits include Nightbitch, Disenchanted and The Woman in the Window; she’s also set to star in and produce the feature comedy Lazy Susans. Adams is repped by Linden Entertainment, WME and Sloane Offer.
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