‘Cape Fear’ Release Schedule: New Episodes Of Film-Turned-TV Series Air Through July

BusinessHollywood & Entertainment‘Cape Fear’ Release Schedule: New Episodes Of Film-Turned-TV Series Air Through JulyByTim Lammers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorJun 05, 2026, 08:29pm EDTJavier Bardem in "Cape Fear."Apple TVThe psychological thriller Cape Fear is back, this time as a streaming series starring Amy Adams, Javier Bardem and Patrick Wilson.Based on John D. McDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners and the screenplays for the 1962 version of Cape Fear (starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck and Polly Bergen) and its 1991 remake (starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange), the series version of Cape Fear premiered on Apple TV on Friday.Forbes‘Backrooms’ Projected To Drop 67% In Business At Weekend 2 Box OfficeBy Tim LammersIn the series, the past comes back to haunt married attorneys Tom and Anna Bowden (Wilson and Adams) when Max Cady (Bardem), a violent psychopath they help put in prison 17 years before, finds his way to freedom. When Cady locates the Bowdens, he begins to terrorize the couple and their two children but in a way where he eludes the law at every turn.Cape Fear Season 1 also stars Lily Colias and Joe Anders as the Bowdens’ children, Natalie and Zack, as well as CCH Pounder as Anna’s colleague, Noa Toussaint.In an interview with USA Today about playing Cady in the Cape Fear series, Bardem said he was initially hesitant to take the role, first made famous by Robert Mitchum in 1962 before De Niro brought it to another level three decades later.ForbesWhy He-Man’s History Won’t Help ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Opening WeekendBy Tim LammersMORE FOR YOU"At first I was like, I'm not even going to touch that," Bardem told USA Today. "It's so iconic and so for the ages."However, after watching The Making of Cape Fear documentary, which chronicled director Martin Scorese’s 1991 version of the film, Bar...