# Sam Heughan To Star Opposite Viola Davis In Paramount+ Thriller ‘Ascent’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sam-heughan-to-star-opposite-viola-davis-in-paramount-thriller-ascent/
- Published: 2026-10-22T16:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T16:54:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/sam-heughan-joins-ascent-viola-davis-1237170649/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Sam Heughan joins Paramount+ thriller *Ascent*.
- He will star opposite Viola Davis.
- Filming is planned in Los Angeles next year.

## Summary

Sam Heughan will star opposite Viola Davis in *Ascent*, a Paramount+ thriller created by John Logan. The series is set in the high-stakes world of corporate crisis management, where Davis’s character must draw on her formidable skills after her estranged daughter is endangered.

Heughan plays Conal, a top agent at Ascent Ventures, known for charm, adaptability and ruthlessness. Production is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles next year; Logan will serve as showrunner, with Davis and others among the executive producers. Heughan has recently completed the final season of *Outlander* and is also set to appear in the political thriller *Embassy*.

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