section_path: Abstract
section_name: Abstract
paragraph_text: Lilo & Stitch is a 2025 American science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the film is a live-action/animated remake of Disney's 2002 traditionally animated film Lilo & Stitch, with some elements also based on that film's animated sequel films and TV shows. It stars Maia Kealoha in her film debut as Lilo Pelekai, and original Lilo & Stitch writer-director Chris Sanders reprising his voice role as Stitch, with Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis, and original cast members Amy Hill, Tia Carrere, and Jason Scott Lee appearing in different supporting roles.
  
  Development on a live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch began in October 2018, with writer Mike Van Waes and producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich attached. By November 2020, Jon M. Chu was in talks to direct, while Van Waes left the project despite still being credited. Fleischer Camp and Chris Kekaniokalani Bright were announced as the film's new director and writer respectively in July 2022, with casting taking place between November 2022 and June 2023. Principal photography ran from April to July 2023, and then in February and March 2024. Dan Romer composed the score, and Industrial Light & Magic provided the film's visual effects.
  
  Lilo & Stitch premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on May 17, 2025, and was released in the United States on May 23, 2025. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, although several story changes received criticism from audiences. It broke numerous records for Memorial Day weekend, grossing $872 million and becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2025.
  
  Lilo & Stitch is a 2025 American science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the film is a live-action/animated remake of Disney's 2002 traditionally animated film Lilo & Stitch, with some elements also based on that film's animated sequel films and TV shows. It stars Maia Kealoha in her film debut as Lilo Pelekai, and original Lilo & Stitch writer-director Chris Sanders reprising his voice role as Stitch, with Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis, and original cast members Amy Hill, Tia Carrere, and Jason Scott Lee appearing in different supporting roles.
  
  Development on a live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch began in October 2018, with writer Mike Van Waes and producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich attached. By November 2020, Jon M. Chu was in talks to direct, while Van Waes left the project despite still being credited. Fleischer Camp and Chris Kekaniokalani Bright were announced as the film's new director and writer respectively in July 2022, with casting taking place between November 2022 and June 2023. Principal photography ran from April to July 2023, and then in February and March 2024. Dan Romer composed the score, and Industrial Light & Magic provided the film's visual effects.
  
  Lilo & Stitch premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on May 17, 2025, and was released in the United States on May 23, 2025. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, although several story changes received criticism from audiences. It broke numerous records for Memorial Day weekend, grossing $872 million and becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2025.