Javier Bardem's Cape Fear Reboot Dominates Apple TV+ Charts

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It can be annoying when remakes, reboots, and reinterpretations dominate the entertainment landscape, but Cape Fear is a story that is worth passing down to each generation. Based on the classic novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald , Cape Fear has been successfully adapted several times; the 1962 film locked Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in a psychological battle, and the 1991 remake earned Academy Award nominations for Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis . While it would seem that there’s already been enough said about this tale of torment and terror, the Apple TV reboot of Cape Fear justifies its existence by expanding the story into a 10-episode season.