Disney+ is not proceeding with its pilot Holes , a reimagining of Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel and the 2003 Disney movie adaptation with a female lead.

Shay Rudolph ( The Baby-Sitters Club ) led the cast of the pilot, which also included Greg Kinnear and Aidy Bryant.

Expectations were high for the project, from Disney Branded Entertainment , with one of the tax credits awarded to Disney in August earmarked for the potential series. (They are not title-specific and can be reassigned.) But also high was the bar for the reboot, and a decision was ultimately made not to go forward with it.

The new Holes was to follow Hayley (Rudolph), a teenage girl sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden (Kinnear) forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose.

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