{"id":629214,"date":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/629214\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:10","slug":"javier-bardem-amy-adams-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/629214\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier Bardem, Amy Adams Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like \u201cA Star is Born\u201d is destined to be remade<\/a> roughly once a generation, so too does \u201cCape Fear<\/a>\u201d keep finding its way back to film and TV<\/a>. John D. MacDonald\u2019s novel \u201cThe Executioners\u201d was first made into a movie titled \u201cCape Fear\u201d in 1962, which was eventually remade by Martin Scorsese in 1991; there was also a legendary episode of \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d parodying the story.<\/a> And now there\u2019s a TV version of the tale set for this summer.<\/p>\n

In all versions, \u201cCape Fear\u201d is a psychological thriller focusing on Max Candy, a hardened criminal and murderer who leaves prison and stalks and harasses the family of the attorney (played by Gregory Peck and Nick Nolte in the 1962 and 1991 versions, respectively) responsible for putting him behind bars. The TV version changes the premise slightly; this time, Candy is after a married pair of public defenders who represented him, but hid evidence to ensure he would go to prison. <\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/a> \"'The<\/a> <\/p>\n

Javier Bardem plays Candy in the TV show, after Robert Mitchum and Robert De Niro played the character in the film versions, and from the trailer seems to be giving a performance that brings to mind his prior villain roles like Anton Chigurh in \u201cNo Country For Old Men.\u201d Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson play his targets Anna and Tom Bowden, with Anna serving as the more morally dubious of the attorney pair. Joe Anders and Lily Collias play Anna and Tom\u2019s teen children, with Malia Pyles, CCH Pounder, Jamie Hector, and Anna Baryshnikov round out the show\u2019s supporting cast. <\/p>\n

The TV show comes from \u201cChannel Zero\u201d creator Nick Antosca, who showruns and executive produces. Scorsese is also onboard as an executive producer alongside Steven Spielberg, Bardem, and Adams. The series is the second remake of a \u201990s thriller Apple TV has produced, after the successful \u201cPresumed Innocent\u201d TV adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal that premiered in 2024.<\/p>\n

The first two episodes of \u201cCape Fear\u201d premiere on Apple TV on June 5. The series will release new episodes every Friday weekly, with its tenth and final episode arriving on July 31. Watch the full trailer below. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Much like \u201cA Star is Born\u201d is destined to be remade roughly once a generation, so too does…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[210408,88,206,92],"class_list":["post-629214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cape-fear","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}