Says Deadline, "He will play the lead opposite Jason O'Mara on Terra Nova, a colony of humans from 2149 who take a second chance at building a civilization by going back 85 million years. Lang plays the charismatic and ruthless leader of the Terra Nova settlement. Alex Graves is set to direct the pilot produced by DreamWorks TV, Chernin Entertainment, Kapital Entertainment and 20th TV."
Back in the 1980s, Lang had played the villain of Michael Mann's 1950s-60s set Crime Story.