Javier Bardem to Topline Apple Series "Cape Fear" with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese Producing

Apple TV+ has given a series order to the TV adaptation of “Cape Fear,” with Javier Bardem attached to play one of the lead roles.

The official logline reads: “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 project consists of 10 episodes and was first reported to be in development in 2023 with Nick Antosca serving as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese will also executive produce.

The series is based on both the John D. MacDonald novel “The Executioners,” which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962Universal Pictures feature “Cape Fear,”.

The 1991 remake itself was directed by Scorsese and produced by Spielberg, with Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte in the lead roles.

Antosca is executive producing under his Eat the Cat banner along with Alex Hedlund. Bardem will executive produce in addition to starring. Spielberg, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will executive produce for Amblin Television. UCP will produce, with Anthosca currently under an overall deal at the studio. 

This marks the latest Apple project for Bardem, who is also set to star in the movie “F1” for the media arm of the tech giant, premiering in June 2025. 

Bardem is known for his roles in films like “No Country for Old Men,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. 

He has also been nominated for his work in movies like “Before Night Falls,” “Biutiful,” and “Becoming the Ricardos.” Bardem recently starred in the two “Dune” films and played a lead role in Season 2 of “Monsters” on Netflix.