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A 2000s YA classic is getting new TV adaptation at Disney+

A "Holes" TV series has been ordered to pilot by Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively.

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‘Holes’ TV Series Picked Up to Pilot by Disney+

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 […]

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

Disney+ is developing a Holes TV series that will have a teenaged girl as its main character rather than teenaged boy Stanley Yelnats.

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Dig It Up! Disney+ Is Making A Holes TV Series, And I’m Intrigued By The Major Tweak For This New Version

Dig this: a Holes TV series is in the works for Disney+. The streaming service has ordered a pilot for a new adaptation of author Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel, which was turned into a 2003 film from Walt Disney Pictures that starred Shia LeBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, and Jon Voight. Alina Mankin (Lodge 49, Katy Keene) is writing and executive producing with Liz Phang (90210, Yellowjackets) serving as showrunner on the potential series; Phang is also e…

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Holes Reboot Ordered at Disney+ (With a Twist on the Movie and Novel)

Photo Credit: Disney A television show based on Louis Sachar’s Holes has been given a pilot order at Disney+. Published in 1998, Sachar’s Holes tells the story of a boy, Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a juvenile detention camp after being wrongly convicted of stealing a famous baseball player’s sneakers. Stanley arrives at this camp only to discover that, rather than more traditional means of punishment, the warden forces all the inmates to dig…

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Holes Television Show Receives Disney+ Pilot Order, Logline Revealed

Drew Goddard will executive produce the show that's a new take on Louis Sachar's 1998 book and the 2003 movie.

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A Gender-Swapped ‘Holes’ Pilot for Disney+ Is in the Works

The iconic 2003 Disney movie starred Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight and was based on the 1998 novel of the same name

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Disney to reboot iconic 2000s movie into series but fans are divided

If you were a teen or pre-teen in the mid-2000s (shoutout to us Millennials!) then you probably remember Holes. The 2003 comedy, based on the 1998 book of the same name, starred Shia LaBeouf as a teenager who is wrongfully accused of theft and ends up doing 18 months of hard time at a juvie detention center where he, well, has to dig holes. And let’s just say some weird stuff happens throughout the movie. It holds a special place in many folks h…

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Disney+ Orders HOLES TV Show Pilot for Potential Series

Disney+ is digging up a familiar IP for its next original series. The streamer is developing a gender-swapped TV series of the 1998 Louis Sachar novel Holes, for which a pilot has been ordered, our sister site Variety reports. Disney previously adapted the book into a 2003 big-screen feature starring Shia LaBeouf. According to the […]

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Gender-Swapped Holes Series Ordered to Pilot at Disney+

Are you ready for a Holes TV series? No? Well, that’s too damn bad! According to Variety, a TV series based on the best-selling book by Louis Sachar has been ordered to pilot at Disney+. The original Holes novel follows “the story of Stanley Yelnats, an unlucky boy who is sent to a juvenile detention camp for a crime he did not commit. Now incarcerated at Camp Green Lake, Stanley is forced to spend his days digging holes in a dry lake bed. But a…

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