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Viola Davis to star in Paramount+ thriller series Ascent
Viola Davis has signed on to star in Ascent, a new thriller series for Paramount+ created and showrun by John Logan and produced by Paramount Television Studios. CinemaExpress reported that Davis will…
Viola Davis has signed on to star in Ascent, a new thriller series for Paramount+ created and showrun by John Logan and produced by Paramount Television Studios. CinemaExpress reported that Davis will play Catriona Vail, an elite corporate fixer who takes on ruthless work for billion-dollar clients even as danger closes in around her estranged daughter, in a series set in what its makers describe as the dangerous world of global corporate crisis and damage. Production is due to begin in Los Angeles in 2027. The report noted that Davis was last seen in the film G20, and described her as a four-time Emmy-nominated actor known for How to Get Away With Murder, Fences, Doubt and The Help. Ascent will be Logan's second television series after Penny Dreadful and its spin-off Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, following a screenwriting career that includes Gladiator, Star Trek: Nemesis, The Aviator, Skyfall, Spectre and Michael. No other cast members or further production details were reported.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The announcement rests on a single name and a single premise: Davis as Catriona Vail, with Logan creating and showrunning for Paramount Television Studios. The phrase the makers use, the dangerous world of global corporate crisis and damage, is the series' billing rather than anything that has been filmed. CinemaExpress gives the casting, the creator and the production start, and nothing further about other cast, schedule or release, so the report carries the hiring and little else. Production beginning in Los Angeles in 2027 is the dated marker the announcement itself sets.
Source: CinemaExpress
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