Lilo And Stitch Live Action First Look at CGI Stitch and 2025 Release for the Remake
Lilo And Stitch Live Action
Ohana signifies family, and family implies that no one is ever forgotten or left behind! of D23 on Friday, Disney gave fans a sneak peek of the live-action “Lilo & Stitch” film, which stars Maia Kealoha as Lilo Pelekai.
In summer 2025, the live-action film will be available solely in cinemas. Though the date wasn’t announced during D23, Disney’s release schedule indicates that there is a slot available on May 23.
The 2002 film, written and produced by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, served as the basis for the revival. The animated series “Lilo & Stitch” centers on six-year-old Lilo and her elder sister Nani, who adopt a blue alien named Stitch and reside in Hawaii. CGI will be used to bring Stitch to life in this live-action version.
In the live-action version, Sydney Agudong plays Nani, and Sanders returns to voice Stitch. Zach Galifianakis, a recent arrival. Agent Pleakley, a representative of the United Galactic Federation tasked with finding Dr. Jumba, is portrayed by Billy Magnussen.
The social worker in charge of Lilo is portrayed by Courtney B. Vance. Tia Carrere, who provided Nani’s voice in the first movie, is set to portray Mrs. Kekoa. Alongside Jason Scott Lee, who portrayed David Kawena in the animated movie, Amy Hill, who is Mrs. Hasagawa’s voice actor, also becomes a member of the cast as Tūtū.
The film was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar-nominated director of “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” and Chris Kekaniokalani Bright wrote the screenplay. Executive producers Louie Provost, Tom C. Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback produce.
The CGI stitch in Lilo And Stitch live-action
Await the arrival of Stitch, the small, furry blue ball of mischief in Disney’s live-action adaptation of the Lilo & Stitch story.
Although there was not much Lilo & Stitch news at the major Walt Disney Pictures panel at the D23 fan event on Friday, it did feature the first look at animation for the CGI-powered Stitch of the upcoming picture, which is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On fame.
CGI Lilo jumped onto the screen at the Anaheim, California convention center during the celebrations, which included first glances at the live-action Snow White, Tron: Ares, and Freaky Friday sequel Freakier Friday. That was the first look at the alien furball, which was later made public on social media, in the mostly live-action version of the 2002 animated Disney classic.
The movie, which stars Chris Sanders—who voiced Stitch in the first film—will hit theaters the following summer. Sanders will reprise his CGI portrayal of the character.
The animated Lilo & Stitch, written and directed by Sanders and Dean DeBlois, featured Lilo Pelekai, an orphaned Hawaiian girl raised by her older sister Nani following the loss of their parents. After meeting an enigmatic alien, Lilo adopts him as her new “dog” and calls him Stitch.
For the upcoming film, Maia Kealoha will portray Lilo in a live-action role, while Sydney Elizabeth Agudong plays Nani and Kaipo Dudoit plays David Kawena, Nani’s romantic interest.
Other former cast members from the original will now be included in various roles for the remake, such as Tia Carrere (who played the original Nani) and Amy Hill (who played the original Mrs. Hasagawa). Mrs. Kekoa is the new role that Carrere will play, and Tūtū is the new character that Hill will play.
Zach Galifianakis, Courtney B. Vance, and Billy Magnussen have also been confirmed for the cast.
The most recent in a long series of Disney animated films to receive a live-action remake is Lilo & Stitch. A new trailer for Snow White, starring Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen and breakout star Rachel Zegler from West Side Story and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as the Disney princess, was also unveiled at D23.
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Agatha All Along, Daredevil: Born Again, Moana 2, and Zootopia 2 were among the other films with sneak peaks.
Lilo & Stitch’s release date is still unknown, but two Disney projects without a name are scheduled to debut on May 23, 2025, and August 8, 2025, respectively, the following year. View the updated version of Lilo & Stitch’s Stitch above.
