Viola Davis to Star in Paramount+ Thriller Series ‘Ascent’

By Joe Otterson

Joe Otterson

TV Reporter

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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 must weaponize the ruthless skills that have made her indispensable to billion-dollar clients when her estranged daughter is in danger.”

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