Cabin in the Woods starlet Kristen Connolly is joining the new CBS series “Zoo,” a 13-episode adaptation of the bestselling 2012 James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge novel about a mysterious wave of animal attacks. Connolly plays a passionate journalist looking to uncover the cause for the animal uprising.

Directed by Brad Anderson (The Call), “Zoo” stars James Wolk as an American zoologist who believes animals are plotting to take back dominion over the world, one kill at a time. He saves the life of beautiful French ecologist Nora Arnezeder on safari, and together they set out to prove that animals hate us.

Connolly made her horror film debut in 2008 with a bit part in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening. But what put her on fright fan’s map was the impressive one/two punch of starring in Barry Levinson’s The Bay and producer Joss Whedon’s fuck-you to the horror genre The Cabin in the Woods.