Amy Madigan Joins ‘Ascent’ TV Series At Paramount+
Amy Madigan has joined *Ascent*, a new Paramount+ thriller starring Viola Davis and Sam Heughan. She will play Rachel, a former Ascent Ventures executive and mentor to Davis’s character, a corporate fixer who must use her crisis-management skills when her estranged daughter is in danger.
The series, created by John Logan, is set in the world of global corporate crises and damage control. Heughan plays Conal, one of the company’s top agents, and production is planned for next year in Los Angeles. Madigan won her first Oscar earlier this year for her role in *Weapons* and has several other screen projects in development.
In short
- Amy Madigan joins Paramount+ thriller *Ascent*.
- She plays a mentor to Viola Davis’s corporate fixer.
- Production is planned for next year in Los Angeles.
Explained simply
Paramount+ is a subscription streaming service that commissions and releases television series and films. Ascent Ventures, the company at the centre of this thriller, is a fictional firm whose agents handle corporate crises and efforts to limit reputational damage.
Viola Davis plays a corporate fixer whose estranged daughter is in danger, bringing a family crisis into her professional world. Sam Heughan plays Conal, another of the firm’s agents, while Amy Madigan’s character, Rachel, is a former executive and mentor to Davis’s character.
The series is created by John Logan, a screenwriter and producer whose work includes films and television dramas. Its planned Los Angeles production and cast bring together performers with different roles in the story: a family connection, a mentor, and colleagues handling corporate emergencies.