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As anticipation around HBO’s Harry Potter series reboot (and its high-profile casting) grows, Disney+ is also tapping into the nostalgia by ordering a pilot for a gender-swapped reboot of Holes.

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 ...

A gender-swapped reimagining of the beloved Louis Sachar book Holes is headed to Disney+. The streamer has ordered a Holes TV series to pilot, over 20 years after it was adapted to a film. Shia ...

"Holes," a 2003 Disney feature film, is pictured in this screenshot from the trailer of the movie. A “Holes” TV series has officially been picked up by Disney+. | Disney ...

More Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images The new series, currently in the pilot stage, reimagines the 1998 novel and its 2003 film adaptation with a gender-swapped lead. This time, the story centers on a ...

A gender-swapped reimagining of the beloved Louis Sachar book Holes is headed to Disney+, according to Variety. The streamer has ordered a Holes TV series to pilot, over 20 years after it was ...

Disney+ is digging into some nostalgic IP for a new series. The streamer has ordered a pilot episode for a gender-swapped Holes TV series, Entertainment Weekly can confirm. The potential series ...

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 ...

So, then, imagine my dismay when later reports said that the “Holes” TV show would be gender-swapped. Deadline confirmed that the story would be “reimagined” with a female lead. I am all for ...

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 ...