A Lilo & Stitch live action remake is in the works

Disney cartoon Lilo & Stitch is getting a live action remake by Dean Fleischer Camp, the director of the successful indie comedy Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.

He will be coming in place of Jon M. Chu as director. Chu was attached to the project back in 2020 but the deal was never finalised, according to Variety.

Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing the film. Chris Kekaniokalani Bright is in negotiations to write the script whereas Mike Van Waes wrote a previous draft, according to Deadline. It is unknown at this time whether the movie will get a theatrical release or air on Disney+.

Lilo & Stitch revolves around two eccentric individuals: a six-year-old Hawaiian girl named Lilo Pelekai, who is raised by her older sister Nani after their parents die in a car accident, and a blue extraterrestrial koala-like creature called Experiment 626 who is adopted by Lilo as her dog and renamed Stitch.

Although the original film, which was released in 2002, was not a massive success at the box office, it is still a well-regarded movie in Disney’s animation history and launched several direct-to-video sequels as well as a television series.