Syfy’s new drama series "Defiance" has cast Mia Kirshner of "The Vampire Diaries" and Fionnula Flanagan of "Lost," reports Deadline.com.

The project, set in the future, tracks the survivors of a universal war living in a frontier boomtown called Defiance, the story says. Kirshner will play Kenya, the town madam, while Flanagan will play a popular former mayer of the town, the story says.

The project will begin production on a pilot this month. Grant Bowler plays the lead in the project, with Julie Benz also in the cast.