EXCLUSIVE: Apple‘s Cape Fear series has three new additions: Anna Baryshnikov (Love Lies Bleeding), Jamie Hector (Bosch), and Clara Wong (Billions).
Character details are under wraps. As previously announced, Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson and CCH Pounder are also set.
In Cape Fear — created, written, and showrun by Nick Antosca — a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison. The 10-episode series is a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.
Hailing from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Amblin Television, the show is based on both the novel The Executioners, which inspired Gregory Peck’s 1962 film for Universal, as well as the acclaimed 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese, who’s among the executive producers here.
Other exec producers include Antosca and Alex Hedlund for Eat The Cat; Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, and Steven Spielberg for Amblin Television — the latter, the producer of Scorsese’s version — Bardem, Adams, and Morten Tyldum, who directs the pilot. The series is developed and produced through Antosca’s overall deal at UCP, where he’s been based since 2017.
Best known for roles in A24’s Love Lies Bleeding, Apple’s Dickinson, and Amazon’s Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea, Baryshnikov recently starred in and exec produced Nastasya Popov’s dramedy Idiotka, which premiered at SXSW. Currently in production on the psychological horror Sender opposite Britt Lower and Jamie Lee Curtis, she is represented by CAA, Brookside Artist Management, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
Best known for starring in Amazon’s Bosch and sequel series Bosch: Legacy, Hector has also been seen on shows like We Own This City, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, The Strain, and The Wire, among others. Film credits include Vacation Friends 2, The Listener, and All Eyez on Me. He’s repped by Paradigm and Robersons Artist Management.
Soon to be seen in indies Miracle on 74th Street and Bunnylovr — the latter, a Sundance 2025 cam girl drama directed by and starring Kararina Zhu — Wong has also been seen in films like You Hurt My Feelings from Nicole Holofcener and The Assistant from Kitty Green. TV credits include Goliath, Dear Edward, Billions, and The Tick, to name a few. She’s repped by Lasher Group and Nicolosi & Co.
