Plummer, Chung and Miller join Apple TV's 'Ascension' as series regulars

Mixed · 2Amanda Plummer, Christopher Chung and T'Nia Miller have joined the cast of Apple TV's "Ascension" as series regulars, according to Variety and Deadline. 1 2 Mixed · 2Plummer's credits include "Run" and "Butterfly Kiss", Chung's include "Slow Horses" and "My Brilliant Career", and Miller's include "The Haunting of Bly Manor" and "VisionQuest". Variety says exact character details are being kept under wraps. 1 2 Mixed · 2They join Caitríona Balfe, who leads the cast and executive produces, and Bill Nighy, whose casting was announced recently. 1 2

Mixed · 2The series is inspired by Adam Nevill's novel "Last Days". Balfe plays Rose, a documentary filmmaker and recently divorced mother who begins a project on a mysterious 20th-century cult, the Church of Ascension, finds refuge in its teachings, and then discovers something more insidious beneath. Deadline describes it as a one-hour psychological horror thriller. 2 1 Mixed · 2Alfonso Cuarón co-writes with his brother Carlos Cuarón, Natalie Erika James and Christian White, and all four executive produce. James and White are co-showrunners, per Variety, and James is lead director. 1 2 Mixed · 2Anonymous Content produces, with Apple Studios as the studio. Executive producers include Gabriela Rodriguez and Richard Schwartz of Esperanto Filmoj, Cuarón's company, which has an overall TV deal with Apple, and Steve Golin, David Levine and Zack Hayden of Anonymous Content. 1 2