Michael Raymond-James has joined NBC drama pilot Midnight Sun.
The project - based on Israeli series Pillars of Smoke - will follow an FBI investigation into the disappearance of a cult.
True Blood actor Raymond-James will play an Alaskan lawman who joins the search, according to Deadline.
His recent credits include short-lived FX series Terriers and a guest role on AMC's The Walking Dead.
Titus Welliver will also appear in the Midnight Sun pilot, written by The Event's Lisa Zwerling.
The Lost and Good Wife star will play the leader of the vanished cult.
Other drama pilots picked up by NBC include Chicago Fire from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, Western-themed The Frontier and a remake of UK series Bad Girls.
