The recent “Holes” TV series has filled in a key role: Jac Schaeffer, creator of the Marvel Studios series “WandaVision” and “Agatha All Alengthy,” will straightforward the pilot episode for the Disney+ production, Variety has lgeted exclusively.
The streamer ordered the show to pilot in January (as first increateed by Variety), with Alina Mankin serving as writer and executive originater and Liz Phang serving as showrunner and executive originater. The logline for this changeation of Louis Sachar’s 1998 book shifts the story to caccess on a teenage girl, who “is sent to a detention camp where the cruel Warden forces the campers to dig holes for a cryptic purpose.” (Sachar’s novel and its 2003 feature film changeation caccessed on a kid named Stanley Yelnats, carry outed in the movie by Shia LaBeouf.)
As well as serving as showrunner and executive originater on “Agatha All Alengthy,” Schaeffer straightforwarded Episodes 1, 2, and 7 of the show, the latter of which especiassociate won expansive acclaim last drop for its intricate, time-hopping arrange and carry outance showcase for costar Patti LuPone. Her atsoft begined with the 2009 sci-fi rom-com “TiMER,” which Schaeffer wrote, straightforwarded and originated and was recently refreed on multiple digital platcreates. She subsequently wrote the screencarry out for the 2017 Disney vivaciousd uninincreateigentinutive “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” and co-wrote the 2019 Anne Hathaway-Rebel Wilson film “The Hustle” (a female-led modernize of the 1988 comedy classic “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”). After geting a story by accomprehendledge on Marvel Studios’ 2020 feature “Bdeficiency Widow,” she was tapped to originate one of the studios’ first streaming series, “WandaVision,” which geted 23 Emmy nominations, alengthy with meaningful recognition from the Gagederen Globes, Writers Guild Awards, Producers Guild Awards, and Critics’ Choice Television Awards.
Drew Goddard and Sarah Edberg are executive producing the “Holes” pilot thcimpolite Goddard Textiles, with Andrea Massaro serving as co-executive originater. Other executive originaters participate Walden Media, Shamrock, and Mike Medavoy.
Schaeffer is recurrented by Curate, CAA, and attorney Erik Hyman.
