The cast of Syfy’s upcoming series Defiance just got a bit more beautiful, and a bit more familiar looking, if you’ve seen the second season of Dexter, or any other show in which Jaime Murray and/or Julie Benz has appeared. Word is, the two real-life friends are set to play roles in Syfy’s futuristic series.

Defiance is a drama by Rockne S. O’Bannon, Kevin Murphy and Michael Taylor, which takes place in the future, on earth, where humans and aliens co-exist. The world is said to be “ravaged by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines.” Benz and Murray join Tony Curran, Grant Bowler and Stephanie Leonidas in the cast. The story follows Bowler’s character Jeb Nolan, a law-keeper in a town that’s described as “one of the new world’s few oasis of civility and inclusion.”

According to Deadline, Benz will play the town’s mayor, Amanda. And Murray will play the wife of Curran’s character Datak Tarr, a member of an elite alien race called Castithans. No word on if Murray is also an alien, but her character is described as beautiful (obviously) and proper.

Jaime Murray played Lila in Dexter, before going on to play various other TV roles, including Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Syfy’s Warehouse 13. Meanwhile, Julie Benz was also in Dexter and later, the short-lived No Ordinary Family. She’s currently appearing on CBS’ A Gifted Man.

Defiance sounds like it could be an interesting, and more to the point, actual-science-fiction series for Syfy. This bit of great casting news only makes it more intriguing.

曾主演《嗜血法医》和《天赋秉异》的朱莉·本茨(Julie Benz)将和格兰特·鲍尔(Grant Bowler)联手出演Syfy新剧《反抗》，托尼·库兰(Tony Curran)、詹米·穆雷(Jamie Murray)和斯蒂芬妮·列尼达斯(Stephanie Leonidas)也已经加盟这部真人动作剧集。《遥远星际》的主创罗克尼·S·欧班侬(Rockne S. O'Bannon)负责编剧和监制，这个剧集项目同时将开发视频游戏。

在未来的地球上，剧情假设这已经是一个人类和外星人生活在一起的星球，这个星球被几十年的战争和外星机器开荒征伐摧残的破旧混乱。故事的核心人物就是Grant Bowler饰演的Jeb Nolan，他是在边境崛起的一个繁华新兴城市中的一名法律顾问，而这个城市是新世界中少数保有文明和包容性的人类“绿洲”之一。Benz扮演的是Amanda Rosewater，一个理想主义者刚刚被任命为新兴城市的市长，她决心让整个社会变得更加和平稳定。而Leonidas会扮演一个叫Iranthients外星族群的美丽女战士名叫Irisa，在Nolan杀死了她罪恶的父亲后收养了这个女孩，并且把她培养成了聪明致命的助手。Tony Curran和Jamie Murray则扮演了一对外星夫妻。

斯科特·斯图尔特(Scott Stewart)将指导首播集，凯文·墨菲(Kevin Murphy)会出任监制，剧集在4月份会在加拿大多伦多市开拍。