Bardem takes on the role of sadistic murderer Max Cady, previously played by Robert Mitchum and Robert De Niro. Javier Bardem wants Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson dead in the first footage out of Apple TV ‘s “ Cape Fear .” The series is created and showrun by Nick Antosca (“Brand New Cherry Flavor,” “A Friend of the Family”), and it’s inspired by Martin Scorsese’s brutal 1991 remake of J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 movie. Bardem takes on the role of Max Cady, who is fresh from prison and seeking revenge