When The Simpsons takes your story and decides to do a full episode on it, you know you’ve got something that has quite accurately captured the public’s imagination, and that’s very much the case even now, as Apple’s latest version of one of cinema’s most compelling crime stories continues to win over viewers.
The new Apple TV limited series, Cape Fear, has officially overtaken Jon Hamm‘s darkly comedic crime thriller Your Friends & Neighbors to claim the No. 1 spot on the streamer’s charts, and that’s no small thing, considering Your Friends & Neighbors has been one of Apple TV’s biggest hits. It recently passed 200 days in the streamer’s top 10, but Cape Fear has now jumped ahead, turning the newest adaptation of the Robert De Niro crime-thriller classic into an instant streaming hit.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
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Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
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🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
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The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
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Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
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Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Who’s Involved in ‘Cape Fear’?
Created by Nick Antosca, Cape Fear stars Javier Bardem in the role of Max Cady, previously played by De Niro in Martin Scorsese‘s 1991 film and Robert Mitchum in the 1962 original. The story follows a terrifying ex-convict who targets the family of the lawyer he blames for his imprisonment. Apple has expanded the story into a 10-episode limited series, so it’s got plenty more room to breathe, even if the cast of characters all look haunted as hell in very fancy lighting. The series also stars Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson.
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The timing could hardly be better for Apple TV. Cape Fear arrived as Your Friends & Neighbors wrapped its second season, giving viewers a new thriller to jump into just as the Jonathan Tropper crime drama finished its latest run. The remake had already opened strongly, debuting near the top of Apple TV’s charts and outperforming other recent titles including Widow’s Bay and Star City. Now, it has gone one step further by taking the No. 1 spot outright.
The series also comes with serious pedigree behind the camera. Steven Spielberg and Scorsese serve as executive producers, giving it a link back to the film that came before. Spielberg was originally attached to direct the 1991 movie before Scorsese took over, and that film became a major commercial success, grossing $182 million worldwide against a reported $35 million budget.
Cape Fear and Your Friends and Neighbors Season 2 are streaming now on Apple TV. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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Release Date
June 4, 2026
Network
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Apple TV
Showrunner
Nick Antosca
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Directors
Amanda Marsalis, Morten Tyldum, Stephen Williams, Jon S. Baird, Jonathan van Tulleken, Reed Morano, S.J. Clarkson, Trey Edward Shults
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Writers
Peter Blake, Alan Page Arriaga, Tara Shivkumar, Maria Jacquemetton, Diana Pawell
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