Shia LaBeouf was in a comedy film.
Holes is a 2003 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by Andrew Davis , produced by Lowell D. Blank , Mike Medavoy and Teresa Tucker-Davies with music by Joel McNeely and based on the 1998 eponymous novel by Louis Sachar ( who also wrote the screenplay ) . The film stars Sigourney Weaver , Jon Voight , Patricia Arquette , Tim Blake Nelson and Shia LaBeouf . Shia LaBeouf . He made his film debut in Holes ( 2003 ) , based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar .