# ‘Outlander’ Star’s New Apple TV Thriller Series Officially Adds a Pirates of the Caribbean Favorite

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/outlander-stars-new-apple-tv-thriller-series-officially-adds-a-pirates-of-the-caribbean-favorite/
- Published: 2026-10-28T01:00:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T01:38:01+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/caitriona-balfe-apple-tv-ascension-cast-bill-nighy/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV, UK, World

## Key points

- Bill Nighy joins Apple TV’s Ascension.
- Caitríona Balfe leads the horror thriller.
- The story centres on a filmmaker investigating a cult.

## Summary

Bill Nighy has joined Ascension, Apple TV’s upcoming horror thriller, alongside Outlander star Caitríona Balfe. The series is inspired by Adam Nevill’s novel Last Days and is being made by four-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón.

Balfe plays Rose, a recently divorced mother and documentary filmmaker investigating a mysterious 20th-century cult called the Church of Ascension. The story’s logline says she initially finds refuge in the cult’s teachings, then uncovers something more sinister; Nighy’s role has not been announced.

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