Disney has presented the first teaser for the film adaptation of «Lilo & Stitch», premiering whose career is scheduled for May 23, 2025.
In the short video, the blue alien Stitch has fun on the beach, destroying sand castles. The teaser reminds us promotional campaign for the original cartoon where the alien appeared in the iconic scenes of the Disney classics — «Aladdin» and «The Little Mermaid».
The original animated film, released in 2002, became one of Disney’s most successful projects of the early 2000s. The movie received was nominated for an Oscar» in the category» Best Animated Feature», but lost to Miyazaki’s masterpiece» Spirited Away». The success of the cartoon spawned a large-scale franchise: three full-length sequels — «The New Adventures of Stitch» (2003), «Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch’s Big Problem» (2005) and «Leroy and Stitch» (2006), as well as an animated series that aired from 2003 to 2006.
The main role of Lilo in the new version will be played by young actress Maya Kealoha. According to the plot of the film, a lonely Hawaiian girl who does not can with find a common language with peers, unexpectedly receives Her life changes dramatically when a spaceship with a blue alien on board crash-lands on Earth.
Dean Fleischer-Kemp, who previously directed «Marcel — The Shell in the Shoes», took the director’s chair. The cast includes Zach Galifianakis, who will play Stitch’s inventor Dr. Jamba Jukiba, and Billy Magnussen as Agent Pleckley, a self-proclaimed expert on Earth culture.