Lilo & Sтιтch Live-Action Remake: Release Date, Cast, Story, Trailer & Everything We Know

The Lilo & Sтιтch live-action remake is a reinterpretation of Disney’s animated classic of the same name, and the project continues to provide updates on the movie’s casting, plot, and more. Blending CGI with live-action footage, Disney has produced many successful live-action remakes, such as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Cinderella​​​​​​, and The Jungle Book, and it seems likely the studio will eventually get through all of its animated features.

One of the few Disney animated films not based on preexisting material, the original Lilo & Sтιтch was released in 2002 and revolves around the friendship between a young Hawaiian girl and the destructive extraterrestrial creature she adopts. The success of the first Lilo & Sтιтch spawned three direct-to-video sequels and three TV series, including an anime, plus a Lilo & Sтιтch manga set in feudal Japan. The live-action Lilo & Sтιтch remake will bring back the beauty of its setting as well as Lilo and Sтιтch’s iconic friendship and the franchise’s brand of family-friendly humor.

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    • The Full Trailer Finally Arrives
    • The Remake Will Premiere In 2025
    • Who Plays Who In The Live-Action Remake?
    • What Will Happen In The Remake?
    • Watch The Full Trailers Below

Lilo & Sтιтch Live-Action Remake Latest News

The Full Trailer Finally Arrives


Lilo and Sтιтch dancing together in the market in Lilo & Sтιтch.

A few months after Sтιтch appeared at the 2025 Super Bowl, the latest news arrives in the form of a full trailer for Lilo & Sтιтch. The trailer opens with the familiar inciting incident in which Sтιтch escapes intergalactic custody and heads to Earth. Once there, he is adopted by young Lilo and her sister Nani, and immediately starts to cause trouble. Even as the burgeoning family begins to take shape, agents Jumba Jookiba and Pleakley arrive on Earth to catch him, and Agent Cobra Bubbles is also H๏τ on Sтιтch’s trail.

Lilo & Sтιтch Live-Action Remake Release Date

The Remake Will Premiere In 2025


Lilo and Sтιтch looking worried in Lilo & Sтιтch

the film is now taking an important place in Disney’s 2025 summer slate

The trajectory of the live-action Lilo & Sтιтch remake has changed dramatically in recent years, but Disney has finally added it to the official release schedule. What was once supposed to release on Disney+ in 2024, the film is now taking an important place in Disney’s 2025 summer slate and will premiere on May 23, 2025. The movie is a theatrical release, though it will certainly end up on Disney+ at some point after it leaves theaters.

The original Lilo & Sтιтch premiered on June 16, 2002.

Lilo & Sтιтch Live-Action Remake Cast

Who Plays Who In The Live-Action Remake?

The cast of the Lilo & Sтιтch live-action movie is not without its controversies, and though it is taking shape, some changes have been made. Kahiau Machado was originally cast in the role of David Kawena but was recast after it was revealed he had previously used a racial slur. Kaipo Dudoit has since been tapped to play the role. The casting of Sydney Agudong as Nani Pelekai earned the live-action Lilo & Sтιтch backlash when the production was accused of colorism. Nevertheless, Agudong has retained the role as Lilo’s protective older sister.

On the returning front, Chris Sanders will reprise his role from the 2002 animated film, and he will voice the lovable blue alien, Sтιтch. In perhaps the movie’s most important role, Maia Kealoha has been cast as Lilo Pelekai, the rambunctious six-year-old who adopts Sтιтch. Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lᴀsso) will also appear in the film as the Grand Councilwoman.

The entire known Lilo & Sтιтch live-action cast includes:

Actor

Live-Action Lilo & Sтιтch Role

Maia Kealoha

Lilo Pelekai


Maia Kealoha screaming as Lilo in Lilo & Sтιтch

Sydney Agudong

Nani Pelekai


Sydney Agudong as Nina in Lilo and Sтιтch

Kaipo Dudoit

David Kawena


Kaipo Dudoit as David in Lilo & Sтιтch

Chris Sanders

Sтιтch


Sтιтch sitting on the ground making a silly face in Lilo and Sтιтch

Zach Galifianakis

Dr. Jumba Jookiba


Zach Galifianakis looking thoughtfully at Oliver in Only Murders in the Building season 4

Billy Magnussen

Agent Pleakley


Billy Magnussen holding a woman's head to his chest in Reunion

Tia Carrere

Mrs. Kekoa


Tia Carrere true lies juno

Courtney B. Vance

Cobra Bubbles


Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Sтιтch

Hannah Waddingham

Grand Councilwoman


Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca smiling in a car in the Ted Lᴀsso pilot

Amy Hill

Tūtū


Amy Hill with a flower in her hair in a scene from the Magnum PI reboot

Jason Scott Lee

Luau Manager


Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Lilo & Sтιтch Live-Action Remake Story Details

What Will Happen In The Remake?


Lilo and Sтιтch reading a book in Lilo & Sтιтch

the live-action remake is more or less the same story as the animated film

Like the original Lilo & Sтιтch, the remake will focus on the alien Sтιтch’s initial plans to cause havoc as he is pursued by government agents and other extraterrestrial creatures. But Sтιтch acquires a more friendly nature and finds a new purpose in life when he befriends Lilo. Based on the full trailer that arrived in March 2025, it seems as if the live-action remake is more or less the same story as the animated film. Though some specifics are tweaked, it’s the same structure.

Lilo & Sтιтch Live-Action Remake Trailer

Watch The Full Trailers Below


Sтιтch on the beach by sand castles in the live-action Lilo & Sтιтch

In anticipation of the movie’s May 2025 release, Disney revealed the first teaser for Lilo & Sтιтch in November 2024. The teaser opens with a grand sH๏τ of Hawaii as seen from the ocean, before jump cutting to a sandy beach and sandcastle that looks a lot like Disney’s signature castle logo. Suddenly, Sтιтch appears and proceeds to stomp down the sandcastle while happily grunting and laughing.

After months of teases, Disney finally released a full-trailer for Lilo & Sтιтch in March 2025. The two-minute trailer opens with the inciting incident where Sтιтch escapes from custody and heads for Earth. Once there, he is adopted by Lilo and Nani, though the latter is unhappy with all the chaos that Sтιтch causes. As Nani, Lilo, and Sтιтch slowly become a family unit, intergalactic agents Jumba Jakooba and Pleakley arrive to capture Sтιтch, and federal Agent Cobra Bubbles is stalking Experiment 626 as well.

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