Lilo & Stitch Trailer Reveals the Live-Action Adaptation
The Walt Disney Studios has revealed the official Lilo & Stitch trailer, which gives you a new look at the live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic.
Lilo & Stitch is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp, with a screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes.
The movie stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introduces Maia Kealoha.
Lilo & Stitch is produced by Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Tom Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost, Thomas Schumacher serving as executive producers.
Rated PG for action, peril and thematic elements, the anticipated film will open in theaters on May 23, 2025.
The Lilo & Stitch franchise also includes a direct-to-video sequel, Stitch! The Movie, which served as the pilot for the TV series, Lilo & Stitch: The Series. The series ran for 65 episodes between 2003 and 2006. The series ended with the television film Leroy & Stitch, which aired in June 2006.
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, another direct-to-video sequel, was released in August 2005. A Japanese anime series, Stitch!, ran from 2008 to 2011 and aired two post-series specials in 2012 and 2015. The English-language Chinese animated TV series Stitch & Ai also aired with a Mandarin Chinese dub in 2017.
