Disney announced remake release date Lilo and Stitchfamous movie of 2022. The studio has jumped on the bandwagon of reviving old franchises with hybrid projects featuring live-action and animated characters. WITH Lilo and Stitch will apply the same formula and produce a live-action film that will hit theaters next year.
Details about the film were kept secret for years. In October 2018, Disney confirmed that it was working on a live-action adaptation, but it wasn’t until last year’s D23 that the studio revealed the first look. An image of Stitch was leaked on social media and received a variety of reactions.
A few months later, Disney is back in action and confirming the date for this film to hit theaters around the world. Mickey’s House posted a short video on his X account announcing that remake Lilo and Stitch The premiere will take place on May 23, 2025. The clip shows Stitch for a few seconds.
The May elections are not accidental. Disney wants to steal the box office from How to Train Your Dragonanother live-action remake, which will be released in theaters in June 2025. Interestingly, this project is based on the 2010 film directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the creators of Lilo and Stitch
What is the remake about? Lilo and Stitch
The 2002 film focuses on the bond between a girl named Lilo and an alien named Stitch. Lilo is a mischievous girl living with her older sister in Hawaii, and Stitch is an alien genetically engineered to be destructive. They both meet when Stitch lands on Earth after escaping from space authorities and Lilo adopts him, thinking he is a dog.
In the remake, Disney made some changes to the story. Unlike the original film, Lilo will no longer be a lonely girl, but a character full of toxic positivism.. The film stars Stitch creator Chris Sanders, who will voice the strange alien in the English version. Other original cast members return in other roles, such as Tia Carrere, who played Nani in 2022 and now plays the role of a social worker.
Disney hopes Lilo and Stitch capture the magic that made the original great. While the film was slated to release on Disney+, the remake has changed course and will release in theaters first. The studio knows that the project live action can bring a millionaire’s incomeso he adjusted his strategy to get ahead of Universal and win the box office.
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