Grant Bowler Lands Lead in Syfy Series

Grant Bowler – you know, “You killed my Cooter!” – has snagged the lead in the new Syfy series Defiance, the network announced today.

Defiance features humans and aliens living together on a “terra-formed” new Earth. Grant plays the lead character, Jeb Nolan, a former marine who lost his family during the alien conflict that resulted in the “new Earth”. After wandering in the wilderness for a while, Jeb becomes a lawman in a bustling frontier town. Sounds like a cross between Firefly and Cowboys and Aliens, huh?

Defiance goes into production in April and, when it premieres, will air alongside an online multi-player game.