Disney will make ‘Lilo & Stitch’ live-action movie, the latest set director: Dean Fleischer-Camp (‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’).
In addition, Chris Kekaniokalani Bright is in talks to serve as a screenwriter.
The film has been in development for a long time, and Jon M. Chu (‘Crazy Rich Asians’ ‘Now You See Me 2’) was in talks to direct it two years ago.
The new version of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ is produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, producers of the live-action version of ‘Aladdin’, and it is not yet clear whether it will go to theaters or streaming.
The 2002 animated film ‘Lilo & Stitch’ follows the adventures of a lonely young Hawaiian girl, Lilo, and the mischievous-looking alien creature, Stitch, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, with the voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere The film is directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois and features the voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald and Ving Rhames.