Daniel Lissing has won a role in ABC drama pilot Last Resort.
The pilot - from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan and Dead Like Me's Karl Gajdusek - will focus on the crew of a US nuclear submarine, who become fugitives when they refuse to fire the craft's missiles.
Australian star Lissing is the first actor cast on the project and will play James King, a lethal Navy SEAL with no ties back in the US, according to Deadline.
He is best known for his role on Australian comedy-drama Crownies and has also filmed roles in forthcoming movies The Cure and John Doe.
Green Lantern and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell has signed up to direct the Last Resort pilot.
In addition to his work on FX's The Shield, Shawn Ryan served as showrunner on Lie to Me and created short-lived Fox drama The Chicago Code.
Other drama pilots currently in the works at ABC include the period-set Gilded Lillys from Shonda Rhimes, Devious Maids from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry and conspiracy thriller Zero Hour from Prison Break's Paul Scheuring.
