{"id":660035,"date":"2026-10-28T22:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660035\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:58:08","slug":"alfonso-cuarons-apple-tv-cult-series-ascension-adds-three-to-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660035\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple TV Cult Series ‘Ascension’ Adds Three to Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAlfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s upcoming Apple TV<\/a> series \u201cAscension<\/a>\u201d has added three new series regulars. <\/p>\n

\n\tVariety has learned that Amanda Plummer (\u201cRun,\u201d \u201cButterfly Kiss\u201d), Christopher Chung<\/a> (\u201cSlow Horses,\u201d \u201cMy Brilliant Career\u201d) and T\u2019Nia Miller (\u201cThe Haunting of Bly Manor,\u201d \u201cVisionQuest\u201d) have all been cast in the series. Exact character details are being kept under wraps. <\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously reported, Caitr\u00edona Balfe will lead the cast<\/a>, while it was recently announced that Bill Nighy will also star.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is inspired by the novel \u201cLast Days\u201d by Adam Nevill. The logline states that it follows Rose (Balfe), \u201ca relentless documentary filmmaker and recently divorced mother, brilliant at uncovering others\u2019 truths but struggling to resolve her own. When Rose begins a project on a mysterious 20th-century cult known as the Church of Ascension, she finds unexpected refuge in its teachings \u2013 until she discovers something far more insidious beneath.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plummer is repped by Michael Greene Artists Agency, RED Management, and Markham, Froggert, Irwin in London. Chung is repped by The Artists Partnership and Link Entertainment. Miller is repped by Identity Agency and Yorn Levine Barnes.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlfonso Cuar\u00f3n is co-writer on the series along with his brother Carlos Cuar\u00f3n as well as Natalie Erika James (\u201cApartment 7A,\u201d \u201cRelic\u201d) and Christian White (\u201cApartment 7A,\u201d \u201cRelic\u201d), with all four executive producing. James and White also serve as co-showrunners, with James serving as lead director. Balfe will executive produce in addition to starring. Alfonso executive produces under his Esperanto Filmoj banner, which has an overall TV deal with Apple.<\/p>\n

\n\tEsperanto Filmoj\u2019s Gabriela Rodriguez and Richard Schwartz will executive produce. Steve Golin, David Levine and Zack Hayden executive produce for Anonymous Content. Anonymous will produce the show, with Apple Studios serving as the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s upcoming Apple TV series \u201cAscension\u201d has added three new series regulars. Variety has learned that Amanda…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[8932,38151,68036,146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-660035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-apple-tv","tag-ascension","tag-christopher-chung","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}