‘Cape Fear’ Series From Nick Antosca, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese & UCP Heats Up Television Marketplace

SPECIAL: In what is forming up to be the very first huge bidding war over a television pitch after the double Hollywood strikes, numerous purchasers are circling around Cape Feara drama series re-imagining of the traditional Universal thrillers, sources inform Deadline. In their very first television cooperation, Oscar winners Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are executive producing the job, from developer, executive manufacturer and showrunner Nick Antosca (The Act Amblin Television and UCPa department of Universal Studio Group.

In what is referred to as a non-traditional take on the IP that draws from John D. MacDonald’s unique and its function adjustments, the Cape Fear series is a tense, modern thriller that analyzes America’s fixation with real criminal offense in the 21st century. In it, a storm is coming for a set of married lawyers when a notorious killer from their previous gets launched after years in jail.

That is a minor departure from MacDonald’s 1957 book The Executioners and the films– the 1962 one, directed by J. Lee Thompson from storyboards designed by initial director Alfred Hitchcock and starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Polly Bergen, and the 1991 one, directed by Scorsese and starring his regular partner Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange– where just the partner was an attorney.

Scorsese and Spielberg, whose business Amblin Entertainment produced the 1991 movie, executive produce the series along with Antosca and Alex Hedlund through Eat The Cat, the business Antosca released 4 years back, and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey through Amblin Television.

The bidding is still in early phases. Some sensible possible locations would consist of UCP brother or sister Peacock, where Antosca just recently did A Friend Of the Family; Apple television+, where Scorsese has a first-look television offer and simply directed Killers Of the Flower Moon; Hulu, home of Antosca/UCP’s The Act and Sweet; and Netflix, the platform of Antosca/UCP’s Brand Name New Cherry Flavor; with other significant gamers, such as HBO, likewise stated to be interested.

There had actually been a great deal of stress and anxiety over what the television market would appear like following the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, with numerous anticipating a contractionProminent bidding wars like this one might offer the marketplace a shock, supplying authors and manufacturers with self-confidence that strong bundles can discover a purchaser.

Antosca has actually apparently been consumed with both Cape Fear motion pictures given that youth and approached Universal about adjusting the residential or commercial property through UCP where he has actually been based for the previous 7 years. He began his profession composing for programs based upon traditional movie franchises with Hannibal and Teenager Wolf before creating/co-creating a string of series, beginning with the 2016 sci-fi scary anthology Channel Zero. It was followed by 3 real criminal offense minimal series, The Act, Candy and A Friend of the Familyin addition to the book adjustment Brand Name New Cherry FlavorHe likewise functions as an executive manufacturer on the USA/Syfy/UCP series Chucky, based upon the popular scary film franchise.

Spielberg and Scorsese, thought about 2 of the best directors of their generation, are likewise long time pals. The 1991 Cape Fear remake was initially established by Spielberg, while Scorsese had actually been dealing with Schindler’s ListThe 2 greats wound up switching directing automobiles, with Spielberg staying associated with Cape Fear through his business Amblin Entertainment.

Simply recently, Spielberg held a Q&A with Scorsese following a screening of Killers Of the Flower Moon, calling it Scorsese’s “work of art.”