Amy Adams Set to Star in CAPE FEAR Series for Apple TV+
Amy Adams (Nightbitch, American Hustle) is set to star alongside Javier Bardem in the Apple TV+ series Cape Fear, from Nick Antosca, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg.
The series is based on John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners, which has previously been adapted as films in 1962 from director J. Lee Thompson and 1991 from director by Martin Scorsese.
The 10-episode series is described as “a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.”
In Cape Fear, “a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda (Adams) and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”
The story is a psychological thriller that follows attorney Sam Bowden and his family as they are terrorized by Max Cady, a sociopathic ex-convict seeking revenge.
Years earlier, Bowden testified against Cady, leading to his imprisonment. Now free, Cady embarks on a relentless campaign of psychological and physical intimidation, exploiting legal loopholes to evade justice.
As the threats escalate, Bowden is forced to confront his own morality, weighing the law against the necessity of taking matters into his own hands.
Adams’ most recent film was Nightbitch, and she will also star in Taika Waititi’s upcoming movie Klara and the Sun for Sony.
Source: Deadline