Disney+ has ordered a new “Holes” TV series to pilot.
Holes TV Series
Variety was the first to report the news. The show will be adapted from Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel.
Liz Phang is the showrunner and executive producer. Alina Mankin is a writer and executive producer. Drew Goddard (creator of Netflix’s “Daredevil”) will produce via Goddard Textiles along with Sarah Esberg. Walden Media, which produced Disney’s previous “Holes” adaptation, is producing the pilot. Mike Medavoy and rights holder Shamrock will executive produce. Andrea Massaro, also of Goddard Textiles, is a co-executive producer. 20th Television is the studio.
The show’s official logline states, “In this reimagining of the beloved 1998 book from Louis Sachar, a teenage girl is sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose.”
It looks like the series will change the gender of the main character, Stanley Yelnats. The book’s cast of characters mostly consists of young boys.
Disney previously adapted “Holes” as a 2003 film starring Shia LaBeouf as Stanley, and Khleo Thomas as Hector “Zero” Zeroni. The adult cast included Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Patricia Arquette, Dulé Hill, and Eartha Kitt. It was written by Sachar and Andrew Davis directed.
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