Deadline is reporting that NBC sinkhole mystery pilot La Brea has added Caleb Ruminer (Finding Carter), Runaways alum Angel Parker, The Shield‘s Catherine Dent, Veronica St. Clair (Unbelievable), and Supernatural‘s Jag Bal.
From David Applebaum (The Enemy Within), La Brea centers on a Los Angeles torn apart by the sudden emergence of a massive sinkhole and chronicles the journey of a family separated by the phenomena. With one half finding themselves in an unexplainable primeval world alongside a disparate group of strangers, all four members of the family will have to work that much harder to survive, uncover the reason for the sinkhole, and find a way home. If there even is one.
Ruminer plays Josh Wolcott, the son of Claire (Natalie Zea) and Gavin (Michael Raymond-James). Parker is set as a renowned geologist who’s an expert on sinkholes. Dent will portray high-powered attorney Jessica Wolcott, Gavin’s sister. St. Clair is Riley, the high-achieving daughter of Dr. Glass. Bal plays well-meaning survivor Scott Hasan.
La Brea is one of six drama pilots in contention at NBC for 2020-21, joining Ordinary Joe, which follows the three parallel lives of its protagonist after he makes a major life choice; Langdon, based on the Dan Brown Angels & Demons novel series; body swapping procedural Echo; space mysteryDebris; and At That Age, a family drama following the aftermath of a Black family’s golden child suffering a catastrophic event.
