\n\tDisney teased the first look at the upcoming \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d live-action sequel at D23 in Anaheim on Friday night. Stitch\u2019s love interest Angel, a pink alien, was shown in a new image with glowing antennae.<\/p>\n
\n\tMaia Kealoha, who plays Lilo, came onstage to introduce the film as a fuzzy Stitch waved to the crowd from onscreen. <\/p>\n
\n\tAngel, known as Experiment 624, is known for her siren song, which can turn reformed experiments back to evil. She was introduced in \u201cLilo & Stitch: The Series\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tChris Sanders, who voices the character of Stitch and co-directed the original animated movie, is returning to direct the new movie, which is set for a May 28, 2028 releae.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe follow-up was announced by Disney about one month after the \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d remake released to theaters, earning more than $1 billion at the global box office.<\/p>\n
\n\tCamp, who directed the first film, spoke with Variety about potentially returning for a sequel in an interview promoting the original: \u201cIf it was the right idea. I wouldn\u2019t do it just because there\u2019s a new market demand for it. But I also really like the idea of doing an animated spin-off as an episodic or limited series.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tDisney revealed plans for a sequel on June 26, aka 6\/26 \u2014 a reference to Stitch\u2019s government name, Experiment 626. The original film follows the story of a young Hawaiian girl, Lilo (Maia Kealoha), who yearns to have a best friend. Enter a rambunctious alien, who crash-lands on Earth just when Lilo needs him the most.<\/p>\n
\n\tDisney has yet to announce any further news surrounding the film, but speaking about Chris Sanders, the original voice of Stitch, Camp revealed, \u201cThat was one of the first conversations. I made sure to get that assurance before I even said yes to the project. I was like, \u2018Chris Sanders.\u2019 And they said, \u2018Yeah, he\u2019s eager to come back,\u2019 so working with him was a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe first film was originally meant to be a direct-to-streaming title for Disney+, but plans changed to give it a theatrical release. Speaking about that shift, Camp said, \u201cI and the other filmmakers always believed that it could be a big, perfect summer blockbuster to go see on a huge screen. I\u2019m proud of how hard it delivers on that. It\u2019s super funny, it\u2019s action-packed, and it\u2019s super emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney teased the first look at the upcoming \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d live-action sequel at D23 in Anaheim on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[264664,146,85,46,169071,264665],"class_list":["post-585181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dean-fleischer-camp","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lilo-and-stitch","tag-lilo-and-stitch-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}