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Apple TV+ Drops ‘Cape Fear’ Trailer, Sets June 5 Premiere

Top-tier producers signal Apple’s push into darker prestige horror.

Overview

  • Following Thursday's full trailer release, Apple set a June 5 global debut with a two-episode launch and weekly installments through July 31.
  • Javier Bardem plays Max Cady opposite Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson as Anna and Tom Bowden in a psychological horror take centered on a family under siege.
  • Creator and showrunner Nick Antosca leads the series with executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, UCP and Amblin produce, and Morten Tyldum directs the pilot.
  • This reimagining shifts the setup to a married pair of public defenders who once represented Cady, with reports indicating they concealed evidence as the show probes modern true-crime obsession.
  • The 10-episode limited series adapts John D. MacDonald’s The Executioners and draws on the 1962 and 1991 films, with a weekly rollout designed to build sustained summer conversation.