CBS' Intelligence didn't quite work out for Lost star Josh Holloway, so let's hope this next project, from Lost's own EP/showrunner Carlton Cuse (Bates Motel, The Strain), does the trick.

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Deadline reports that Holloway has signed on as the lead of The Colony - a new sci-fi drama pilot for USA.The Colony - a "family drama/thriller about life in Los Angeles after a mysterious 'foreign' occupation" - is written and executive produced by Cuse and Ryan Condal (Hercules).Holloway will play Will Bowman - a "former FBI agent who is forced to collaborate with the (alien?) occupational government to bring down the growing resistance movement inside the Los Angeles colony."Argentinian director Juan José Campanella (Halt and Catch Fire, House M.D.) will direct the pilot.

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