Lilo & Stitch was a Disney gem from their experimental era, and the movie is set to have a live-action remake coming out next year. Just in, Disney has dropped a first teaser featuring their CG version of stitch.
Check this out:
The scene is a parody of an original moment from the animated movie where Stitch rebuilds a miniature San Franciso in Lilo’s room and slowly destroys it like a miniature kaiju. This scene in particular:
We don’t know if Stitch is going to be doing the same thing in the live-action version, but it does look like they’re going to be changing it so that he’s destroying a bunch of sandcastles instead of a makeshift diorama in Lilo’s room.
I’ll admit, it’s a fun homage, but it still doesn’t hold a candle to Disney’s original campaign for the animate movie where they literally insert Stitch into classic scenes from the Disney renaissance period. Check these out:
Now that’s movie marketing.
Originally Lilo & Stitch was marketed as a straight-to-streaming movie, but ever since the Bob Iger re-takeover, it looks like the movie is going to have a theatrical release. Though the film didn’t get the same status as Disney renaissance classics, I’m sure there’s a bunch of millenials out there who would love to go back on a Hawaiian roller coster ride next year.
Lilo & Stitch live-action is set to come out in theatres on May 23, 2025.
