{"id":1474,"date":"2026-10-22T19:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:16:12","slug":"sam-heughan-to-star-opposite-viola-davis-in-new-thriller-ascent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Sam Heughan to star opposite Viola Davis in new thriller &#8216;Ascent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-22\/E_SamHeughan_102226.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Sam Heughan attends the premiere of \u201cOutlander: The Final Season\u201d on March 2, 2026, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images for STARZ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sam Heughan is trading the dangers of the Scottish Highlands for the dangers of global corporate crisis and damage control.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Outlander<\/em> star\u00a0has booked his next TV project, joining Viola Davis in the Paramount+ thriller series <em>Ascent<\/em>. Billed as a \u201ccharacter-driven thriller,\u201d <em>Ascent<\/em> will follow Davis\u2019 corporate fixer Catriona, who will \u201cweaponize the ruthless skills that have made her indispensable to billion-dollar clients when her estranged daughter is in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heughan will play Conal, a top agent for Ascent Ventures. Known for being a \u201clethally charming and natural chameleon,\u201d Conal \u201cuses social cunning and ruthlessness to get the job done, and he always gets a thrill out of completing a mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ascent <\/em>was created by John Logan, who will serve as showrunner. In addition to starring, Davis will executive produce through her JuVee Productions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ascent<\/em> production will begin in LA next year.<\/p>\n<p>Heughan wrapped his eight-season run as Jamie Fraser in <em>Outlander<\/em> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Heughan attends the premiere of \u201cOutlander: The Final Season\u201d on March 2, 2026, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images for STARZ) Sam Heughan is trading the dangers of the Scottish Highlands for the dangers of global corporate crisis and damage control. The Outlander star\u00a0has booked his next TV project, joining Viola Davis in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}