Sam Heughan to star opposite Viola Davis in Paramount thriller Ascent
Outlander star Sam Heughan has been cast alongside EGOT winner Viola Davis in Ascent, an upcoming corporate thriller series for Paramount+.
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Sam Heughan has been cast to star alongside Viola Davis in the upcoming Paramount+ drama series Ascent, Crave Online, Variety, Deadline, and TVLine all report. The series is described as a character driven thriller set in the world of global corporate crisis management and damage control. [1][2][3][4]
Variety and TVLine report that Heughan will play Conal, a top agent at Ascent Ventures described as a charming chameleon who uses social cunning to complete his missions. Viola Davis is executive producing the series, according to Variety, while Deadline reports that the show was created by John Logan and is produced by Paramount Television Studios. [2][3][4]
Production for the project is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles next year, Deadline reports. Heughan is best known for his long running starring role as Jamie Fraser on the Starz drama series Outlander, which spanned from 2014 to 2026. [3][7]
The subscription streaming service Paramount+ offers original programming along with content drawn from the libraries of CBS, Showtime, and Paramount Pictures. [8]
In short
- Sam Heughan will star opposite Viola Davis in the Paramount+ series Ascent.
- Ascent is a character-driven thriller set in global corporate crisis and damage control.
- John Logan created the series, which is produced by Paramount Television Studios.
- Filming for Ascent is set to take place in Los Angeles next year.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Outlander’s Sam Heughan Cast in Beloved EGOT Winner’s Anticipated New Paramount+ ShowCrave Online, 3h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Sam Heughan to Star With Viola Davis in Paramount+ Thriller Series ‘Ascent’Variety TV, 10h ago
- [3]Sam Heughan To Star Opposite Viola Davis In Paramount+ Thriller ‘Ascent’Deadline TV, 10h ago
- [4]Casting News: Sam Heughan Joins Viola Davis' Paramount+ Thriller, The Watcher Adds Riverdale Vet, And MoreTVLine, 4h ago
- [5]Outlander’s Sam Heughan Cast in Beloved EGOT Winner’s Anticipated New Paramount+ ShowYahoo, 3h ago
Background
- [6]45th Golden Raspberry Awards on Wikipedia
- [7]Sam Heughan on Wikipedia
- [8]Paramount+ on Wikipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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