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.
Phang and Mankin executive produce with Drew Goddard through his first-look deal with 20th Television, Sarah Esberg and the movie’s producer Mike Medavoy. Walden Media, which was behind the 2003 feature, is producing. 20th TV 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
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