Carlton Cuse Talks Origins of COLONY, World War II Influence, and Tone

If you haven't heard of Carlton Cuse, you almost certainly have watched a show or film that he's been crucially involved in. For most viewers, his name is synonymous with J.J. Abrams' Lost, where he served as both a regular writer and producer, and he's recently been one of the major creative forces behind both Bates Motel and A&E's recent English remake of The Returned. Most recently, he penned the script for San Andreas, Brad Peyton's upcoming disaster film which stars Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino, but these projects are hardly the only thing on Cuse's radar right now.

Cuse is producing The Strain Season 2, which bows July 12th, but more importantly, he's prepping Colony, a brand new science fiction series for USA. Steve got a chance to sit down with Cuse recently to discuss a number of projects, including San Andreas and his television work, and he teased a bit about the details of Colony's premise. He was especially open about talking about how Colony was conceived as a metaphor for France during the Nazi occupation, and how that helped him and the production team develop the drama for the science fiction series. Here's what he had to say about the origins in Colony and the series' roots in World War II:

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