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There used to exist a time – not that long ago, mind you – when it was all but verboten for a film actor to cross-over on any regular basis to the land of television. For a large part of its existence, TV was perceived by many to be, at best, a steppingstone for actors and actresses towards the silver screen. The unspoken rule was that, if you were one of the fortunate ones to escape the nasty clutches of the boob tube for the wide-open spaces of the movie screen, you never looked back. Ever. Fortunately, things have cooled on that front, and now it’s beyond typical to see cross-pollination of actors from the big to the small screen. Even Leonardo DiCaprio – a film purist if ever we saw such a thing – has got into the act, returning to TV for Netflix’s Don’t Look Up, one of the first times since his turns in the early 1990’s sitcoms Parenthood and Growing Pains that he’s dared to return to the scene of the (fictional) crime. So, who’s next for a return visit to the land of the rabbit ears and remote controls? Amy Adams, come on down!
From our ‘Everything old is new again’ pals over at The Hollywood Reporter comes the welcome news that six-time Oscar nominated actress Amy Adams is prepping her paddles and mace for the wild ride known as Apple’s adaptation of the big screen classic Cape Fear (a film which can boast no less than two amazing big screen adaptations from the original novel from John D. MacDonald).
Adams will be starring alongside Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) in this new serialized television remake of the classic film(s) Cape Fear. If that’s not enough pedigree for you – YEESH! – check out the names of the two gents who will be calling the shots, producing-wise: Martin Scorsese (who directed the 1991 remake) and Steven Spielberg; court adjourned.
For anyone not in the know, Cape Fear is a thriller about a family terrorized by a psychotic madman who holds the family patriarch – a prosecuting attorney – personally responsible for his long incarceration. In this new version, the ire of his rage will apparently be directed at both the husband and wife. The wife is now being written as an attorney, differing from the past two versions (see: 2025).
Bardem will obviously be playing the Big Bad role of former convict Max Cady, while Adams (herself an executive producer on the series) will play one-half of the married attorney partnership which was responsible for throwing the book at Cady.
Cape Fear is set as a ten-episode series and will, along with the addition of Adams as an attorney, add yet another tweak in the story to reflect our own times. This change will hold a mirror up to our own current day obsessions with true crime cases. Anyone else feeling timely at the moment?
No release date from Apple for their Cape Fear update, but we’ll keep everyone posted just as soon as more information comes rolling down the river!
