Lilo and Stitch Live-Action Cast
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For the most part, the new version sticks pretty closely to the 2002 animated film. The story centers on two sisters, Lilo and Nani, who are navigating life after the death of their parents. Nani, a teenager just about to head to college, struggles to hold down a job and watch out for her sister, who is a bit chaotic.
Disney fans have taken issue with one of the more notable changes made in the Lilo & Stitch live-action remake.
The original "Lilo & Stitch" had a high-flying finale, centered on an air chase between alien spaceships. But in the live-action remake, director Dean Fleischer Camp ("Marcel the Shell With Shoes On") was keen to bring the story back down to Earth,
Maia Kealoha and Sydney Agudong play onscreen sisters in "Lilo & Stitch" and opened up about how they became ohana off screen as well.
No, Lilo & Stitch does not have a post-credits scene.
Newcomer Maia Kealoha shines in Disney’s now-familiar tale of a Hawaiian girl and her extraterrestrial “dog.”
You think surely I saw all of the best Disney movies? Then you hit play and realized you never watched Lilo & Stitch. I think the reason I never saw the film because I was in my teens when it came out,
When co-writers/directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders first brought Stitch into this world, it was an especially experimental time for the company following the much beloved Disney Renaissance. Movies like The Emperor’s New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet also came out during this more eccentric and adventure-filled era.