Now, per Deadline, Bardem has signed on to play the Max Cady role in the show.He will also serve as an executive producer. What else do we know about the Cape Fear television series? "In the 10 ...

Having nothing but time on his hands, brutal, irredeemable criminal Max Cady re-enters the life ... Will the nightmare in Cape Fear ever end?

MacDonald should get excited because a new TV series called Cape Fear, based on his 1957 novel ... will join Adams as a serial killer named Max Cady (and also executive produce).