3 min read THROUGH THE YEARS , Cape Fear has taken many forms. Originally, the story of a convict named Max Cady returning from years of incarceration and seeking revenge on the lawyer he blames for his time there was a novel by John D. MacDonald called The Executioners (which has been retitled as Cape Fear in recent printings). Its first foray into live-action came in 1962, with Robert Mitchum playing Max and Gregory Peck playing Sam Bowden, his former defense attorney. Audiences today might be more familiar with the 1991 Cape Fear film, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and cast his longtime muse Robert De Niro as a Max Cady who chews the scenery throughout the film’s duration. Some might even know the story from “Cape Feare,” an episode of The Simpsons that cast Sideshow Bob as Max and was a staple of the show’s ’90s run. Which is all to say… there’s juice in the idea of Cape Fear —and Apple TV clearly recognized that. So now we get Cape Fear in a form we’ve not seen it before: a television series.…