NBC orders pilot La Brea, about a massive Los Angeles sinkhole that tears a family apart

Deadline

The potential series from writer David Appelbaum revolves around a massive sinkhole in L.A. that "separates mother from son and father from daughter," per Deadline. "When part of the family find themselves in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and if there is a way back home."