Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Monday that Amy Madigan will play Rachel, a former Ascent Ventures executive and the lifelong mentor to Viola Davis’s character Catriona.
- Viola Davis stars in Ascent and serves as an executive producer while playing Catriona, an elite corporate fixer whose estranged daughter is placed in danger.
- Sam Heughan is already cast as Conal, one of Ascent Ventures’ top agents, completing the series’ principal trio of star attachments.
- John Logan created the series, will serve as showrunner and executive produce alongside Michael Aguilar and JuVee Productions, and production is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles in 2027.
- Madigan’s recent Oscar for Weapons increases the series’ industry visibility and underscores Paramount+’s strategy of using high-profile talent to build prestige content while a release date remains unannounced.