Viola Davis Joins Paramount+ Thriller ‘Ascent’

Paramount+ has greenlit Ascent, a character-driven thriller series starring Oscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis. It is created by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Skyfall, Gladiator, Michael), who will serve as showrunner. Set in the dangerous world of global corporate crisis and damage control, A

Viola Davis is set to star in the thriller series “Ascent,” which has been greenlit at Paramount+. The show’s official logline states that it is “set in the dangerous world of global corporate crisis and damage control. Davis will play elite corporate fixer Catriona Vail, who