Apple TV+ faucets Morten Tyldim to direct pilot for Cape Concern TV collection, plus the nice CCH Pounder has joined the solid.
Selection reviews that Morten Tyldum has been tapped to direct the pilot for Apple’s upcoming Cape Concern collection and govt produce. Moreover, the nice CCH Pounder has joined the solid, which incorporates Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson.
Based mostly on John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners, Cape Concern “will follow what unfolds after killer Max Cady (Bardem) is released from prison and seeks out the Bowdens (Adams, Wilson), whom he blames for his sentence.” The ten-episode collection has been described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller that can look at America’s obsession with true crime within the twenty first century. It’s not recognized who Pounder will play within the collection, however she’s at all times a really welcome addition to any venture.
Tyldum has loads of small-screen expertise below his belt. He directed all eight episodes of Apple’s Defending Jacob miniseries, helmed three episodes of Silo (additionally on Apple TV+), and directed the pilot episode of Prime Video’s Jack Ryan collection starring Jack Krasinski.
Nick Antosca is writing the brand new Cape Concern collection and also will govt produce alongside Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, Alex Hedlund, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey. The unique novel was first tailored in 1962 right into a film starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. In 1991, Martin Scorsese directed a remake starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, and Jessica Lange. The story was additionally spoofed by The Simpsons within the fifth season with Cape Feare, one of many present’s greatest episodes. I’ve by no means checked out a rake the identical approach once more.
Pounder will subsequent be seen starring alongside Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Danny Huston in The Bare Gun. The reboot/sequel stars Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., who is about to comply with in his father’s footsteps by main the Police Squad and saving the world. The primary teaser trailer was launched final week (plus we additionally noticed an prolonged have a look at CinemaCon), and it seemed like a blast. The movie will likely be launched on August 1st. Pounder can even reprise the position of Mo’at in James Cameron’s Avatar: Hearth and Ash, which is able to hit theaters on December nineteenth.
