Martin Scorsese and Steve Spielberg are Teaming Up for a 'Cape Fear' TV Series

Well we do declare, this is some news that has us all a flutter. Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg have joined forces for the first time. The two titans of cinema will collaborate to bring the classic thriller Cape Fear to TV. Deadline reports that Scorsese and Spielberg will both produce a new TV series based on Cape Fear, which is now the subject of an intense bidding war from the studios. They will produce it with Nick Antosca, who will also showrun and write the series.

Antosca's treatment for the series will modernize it into a look at America's obsession with true crime. In a departure from its source material, the show will concern a married pair of lawyers who are faced with the sins of their past when an infamous killer is released from prison. Spielberg and Scorsese both have a Cape Fear connection.

Spielberg was originally slated to direct the 1991 remake of Cape Fear, but passed the project on to Scorsese, who in turn gave Spielberg the project he had been working on: Schindler's List.

Cape Fear's imagery, lingering aura of menace, and chilling score have earned a place in the pop culture firmament.

The new Cape Fear series is currently in pre-production. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and watch the trailer for the 1991 remake of Cape Fear below.

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