Apple TV Sets Cape Fear Premiere for June 5, 2026

Apple TV has announced a June 5, 2026, premiere for its 10-episode psychological thriller series Cape Fear, with the first two episodes debuting that Friday followed by weekly installments every Friday through July 31. The limited series, starring Academy Award winners Javier Bardem and Amy Adams alongside Patrick Wilson, reimagines the classic story of vengeance and justice under the executive production of Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

The series centers on Anna and Tom Bowden, a happily married pair of attorneys played by Adams and Wilson, whose lives unravel when Max Cady, the notorious killer they helped convict and imprison, portrayed by Bardem, is released from prison and sets out for revenge. Described by Apple TV as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller, the narrative also explores America's contemporary fixation on true crime. Supporting the lead cast are actors CCH Pounder, Joe Anders, Lily Collias, Jamie Hector, Malia Pyles, and Anna Baryshnikov.

Created, written, and showrun by Nick Antosca, known for his work on series such as The Act and A Friend of the Family, Cape Fear draws from John D. MacDonald's 1962 novel The Executioners. The book previously inspired a...