It’s been 22 years since Disney’s Lilo & Stitch first hit theaters and, to this day, it remains a becherishd classic for children and grown-ups aappreciate.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the company would be remaking the Hawaii-centric film into a inhabit-action/CG hybrid in October 2018, which was initipartner postpoinsist due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, it’s been a extfinished road to get the film made, but it finpartner wrapped production earlier this year.
Mike Van Waes wrote the first screenpercreate for the inhabit-action film, but Chris Kekaniokalani Bright took over and rewrote the script before filming began. Jon M. Chu was originpartner in talks to straightforward Lilo & Stitch but couldn’t due to other obligations, so Dean Fleischer Camp finished up helming the project.
The reproduce began picking up steam in July 2022, but was postpoinsist by disjoinal events. First, production was shut down after a fire broke out in a trailer on set, which igniteed an fire-setting structureateigation to discover the cainclude. Once that was mendd, the film began production aget in April 2023 when the rest of the cast was declared. But it was shut down aget in May 2023 chaseing the commence of the authorrs strike and remained so as the actors strike booted off a couple of months tardyr.
After Sydney Elizebeth Adugong was cast as Nani, Lilo’s (newcomer Maia Kealoha) sister, the filmproducers were accincluded of colorism for choosing an actress whose skin was airyer than Nani’s in the 2002 film. Originpartner, Kahiau Machado was set to portray David Kawena, Nani’s cherish interest and Lilo’s frifinish. But after his include of racial slurs was uncovered on social media, the role was recast, with Kaipot Dudoit taking on the part instead.
Despite its disjoinal hurdles, the film wrapped production earlier this year and is awaited to be liberated on Disney+ sometime this year. So, fracture out the Elvis Presley enrolls and read on for everyleang there is to understand about Lilo & Stitch so far.
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When Does the ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Film Come Out?
Image Credit: Walt Disney/Courtesy of Everett Collection While there isn’t a liberate date for the Lilo & Stitch inhabit-action fair yet, and the film is currently in postproduction. The innovative film was liberated in June 2002.
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Who Is in the Reproduce?
Image Credit: Walt Disney/Courtesy Everett Collection Fans of the innovative Lilo & Stitch will be encounterd to hear that disjoinal of the actors from the vivaciousd film will be returning in some capacity for the inhabit-action reproduce, including Chris Sanders, who voiced Stitch, the character he also produced, in the 2002 title. Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the first film, will portray a new character in the inhabit-action, named Mrs. Kekoa, while Amy Hill, the voice actor behind Mrs. Hasagawa, will consent on another new character, Tūtū.
The new movie will see Maia Kealoha as Lilo, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani and Kaipot Dudoit as David Kawena. Prior to Dudoit’s casting, Kahiau Machado had been cast as Nani’s cherish interest, but during Disney’s vetting process, previous posts in which he included racial slurs were uncovered. So, the role went to Dudoit instead. Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen and Courtney B. Vance round out the cast, esteemively taking on the roles of Jumba, Pleakley and Cobra Bubbles.
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Has the Film Started Production?
Image Credit: Walt Disney/Courtesy of Everett Collection Disney validateed Lilo & Stitch in 2018. The film was awaited to commence filming in the descfinish of 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic postpoinsist its production until spring 2023. Shooting was almost finish when the months-extfinished actors strike began in July and further postpoinsist it. In February of this year, cameras commenceed rolling in Hawaii aget before finpartner wrapping in timely March.
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How Will Stitch Be Incorporated in the Reproduce?
Image Credit: Walt Disney/Courtesy of Everett Collection While most of the Lilo & Stitch reproduce will be inhabit-action, there is one particular part of the film that will still be produced for the project: Stitch. The dog-appreciate alien will be computer-produced, but actual actors will portray his fellow extraterrestrials: Jumba, Pleakley and Cobra Bubbles. The inhabit-action version of the well-understandn vivaciousd film will chase the same storyline as the innovative, so it will chase the bond createed between Lilo and Stitch, who was engineered to be a force of destruction.
Below, Disney discleave outed the first watch at CGI-Stitch during its D23 panel.
An earlier version of this story leave outtated that the inhabit-action reproduce was awaited to debut some time in 2024.
