Apple TV’s Cape Fear remake turns it into a paranoid tech thriller

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Apple TV’s Cape Fear remake turns it into a paranoid tech thriller
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Cape Fear has always been a thriller about paranoia. And in 2026 there are few things less trustworthy than technology.

Apple TV's recent remake of Cape Fear is "inspired" by the 1991 film of the same name (Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg even returned as executive producers on the project), which itself is a remake of a 1962 movie that was an adaptation of the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. The series is essentially a brand-new story within a similar premise, and it makes a number of significant changes to make it both fit the new episodic format and feel right at home in the present day. One of the most salient updates …

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