‘Holes’ Gender-Swapped Reboot Gets Disney+ Pilot Order

Nellie Andreeva

7 January 2025 at 4:36 pm·1-min read

Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel Holes and its 2003 Disney movie adaptation are getting a TV series treatment with a twist. Disney+ had handed out a pilot order to a potential series that reimagines the story with a female lead, Deadline has confirmed.

Written by Alina Mankin with Liz Phang as showrunner, Holes the series centers on a teenage girl who is sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose.

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Phang and Mankin executive produce with Drew Goddard and Sarah Esberg of Goddard Textiles; the movie’s producer Mike Medavoy; Walden Media, which was behind the 2003 feature; as well as rights holder Shamrock. 20th Television, where Goddard is under a first-look deal, is the studio.

Directed by Andrew Davis from a script by Sachar, the film starred Shia LaBeouf as Stanley, who gets sentenced to 18 months of hard labor at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp. Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson and Eartha Kitt also starred.

The pilot order was first reported by Variety.

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