“Melrose Place” starlet Jessica Lucas returns to The CW to topline its new pilot “Cult.” The 26-year-old Canadian looker will play Skye, a production assistant on the popular crime show “Cult” who teams up with a news blogger to investigate a series of disappearances linked to its fans.

Deadline reports that Alien Nation and “Farscape” scribe Rockne S. O’Bannon has penned the pilot script and will produce with Fake Empire and Warner Bros. TV.

Lucas, last seen on NBC’s short-lived comedy series “Friends with Benefits,” is best known for her portrayal of first-grade teacher Riley Richmond on Fox TV’s now defunct “Melrose Place” reboot. Horror fans, however, will recognize Lucas from her roles in producer J.J. Abrams’ Cloverfield and director Renny Harlin’s teen-warlock thriller The Covenant.