Fear: 1996 Mark Wahlberg-Led Thriller Getting a TV Adaptation at Peacock

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Fear: 1996 Mark Wahlberg-Led Thriller Getting a TV Adaptation at Peacock

According to Variety, Universal Television and Imagine Television are currently developing a series adaptation of the 1996 thriller film Fear for Peacock. The project hails from Jessica Goldberg, who is serving as the writer and executive producer.

The upcoming TV remake of Fear is executive produced by Imagine Television’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Lilly Burns, and Kristen Zolner. It is a production by Universal Television, where Goldberg currently has an overall deal.

“This modern series reinvention finds two young lovers in a psychological game of cat and mouse — but who’s the cat, and who’s the mouse?” reads the synopsis. “When David and Nicole first meet in Seattle, it feels like an epic, once-in-a-lifetime romance — but soon it becomes clear that the seemingly perfect couple is anything but. Told from conflicting points of view, the series wrestles with personal demons, hidden agendas and reframes the ‘he said, she said’ convention into a twist-filled suspense story about toxic relationships.”

The original film was directed by James Foley. It starred Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano, and Brian Grazer. The story revolves around a 16-year-old girl named Nicole who falls in love with the handsome, sweet, and charming David, whom she met through her best friend, Margo. However, as their relationship progress, Nicole soon finds out that David has a darker side to him that is far different from the perfect guy she thought he was.