{"id":468255,"date":"2026-03-10T19:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468255\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:01:10","slug":"cape-fear-series-is-a-nightmare-remix-of-previous-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468255\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Fear Series Is \u2018A Nightmare Remix\u2019 Of Previous Versions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Fear has already been immortalised in screen history. There\u2019s the 1962 version<\/a>, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Martin Scorsese did it<\/a> in \u201991 with brooding gothic flair and Robert De Niro on bruising form. And, most importantly, The Simpsons perfected it with \u2018Cape Feare\u2019 (hey, the other versions don\u2019t have extended stepping-on-rakes gags). Now, a fresh take is coming in \u2013 a ten-episode streaming series on Apple TV, with Javier Bardem stepping into the formidable role of vengeful felon Max Cady, hunting down those who put him behind bars. Bring on the fear.<\/p>\n

Showrunner Nick Antosca is embracing the previous adaptations in his series \u2013 and twisting them into something new. \u201cIt\u2019s like you\u2019ve seen the [other versions], then went to sleep and had a nightmare about it,\u201d he tells Empire. \u201cAnd you\u2019re bringing your own stuff to it, and what\u2019s in the atmosphere culturally. It\u2019s like a nightmare remix.\u201d This time, Bardem\u2019s Cady is coming after Amy Adams\u2019 Anna, Cady\u2019s former lawyer, and her husband, Patrick Wilson\u2019s Tom, Cady\u2019s prosecutor. The cat-and-mouse chase as he stalks his prey will be full of suspense. \u201cIt\u2019s a very paranoid show,\u201d Antosca says. \u201cWe should either feel like we\u2019re watching, voyeuristically \u2014 or feel paranoid that we\u2019re being watched.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he\u2019s doing his own thing, Antosca had advisors on standby who more than know the material \u2013 like Scorsese himself, who executive produces the show. \u201cI would email him and say, \u2018Can you help us with this scene?\u2019\u201d says Antosca. \u201cWe would get on with him and he would say, like, \u2018Well, maybe roll this cut a few frames.\u2019 And his notes, unsurprisingly, are amazing.\u201d Here\u2019s hoping he added some rake-stepping slapstick too.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Read Empire\u2019s full Cape Fear story in the Mandalorian And Grogu issue<\/a> \u2013 on sale Thursday March 12. Pre-order a copy online here<\/a>. Cape Fear comes to Apple TV from June 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Fear has already been immortalised in screen history. There\u2019s the 1962 version, starring Gregory Peck and Robert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-468255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}