# ‘Outlander’s Sam Heughan Officially Joins Taylor Sheridan’s Favorite Streamer

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/outlanders-sam-heughan-officially-joins-taylor-sheridans-favorite-streamer/
- Published: 2026-10-22T20:50:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T21:29:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/sam-heughan-cast-paramount-plus-thriller-ascent/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Sam Heughan joins Paramount+ thriller Ascent.
- Viola Davis leads as a corporate fixer.
- The series is in development with no release date.

## Summary

Sam Heughan, best known for playing Jamie Fraser in Outlander, has joined Ascent, a thriller series in development at Paramount+. He will star alongside Viola Davis, whose character leads a corporate crisis firm and tries to save her estranged daughter.

Heughan will play Conal, one of the firm’s top agents, described as a charismatic social shapeshifter who pursues his targets relentlessly. John Logan, who wrote Skyfall and Spectre, is the creator and showrunner; Davis and Julius Tennon are among the executive producers. No release date has been announced.

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