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Last year the live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch proved to be a box office smash, and now Disney is giving the first look at the follow-up.
At the D23 fan event on Friday, the studio showed off a teaser from the upcoming film, revealing the addition of Stitch's pink counterpart Angel. Also known as Experiment 624, Angel is another intergalactic alien who becomes Stitch's love interest and was first introduced in Lilo & Stitch: The Series . "Wait, there's two of them?!" Maia Kealoha, who starred as Lilo in the live-action movie, joked on stage as Angel's antennae were shown. Related Stories Movies Disney Sets November 2029 Release For 'Coco 2,' Sequel Centered on a Teenage Miguel Movies 'Incredibles 3' Gets First-Look As the Kids "Take the Spotlight"
Lilo & Stitch 2 was put into development just a few weeks after the release of the first film, which went on to earn over $1 billion dollars at the box office, $423.7 million of that domestically. Chris Sanders , who co-created, co-wrote and co-directed the original Lilo & Stitch animated movie — as well as voiced the character of Stitch in both animated and live-action form — will direct the sequel, with Jonathan Eirich, who produced the initial live-action remake, back as producer via Rideback. The company's Ryan Halprin is exec producing.
The story of the previous flim — a retelling of the beloved 2002 animated version — centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy, who she soon discovers is actually an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.
The follow-up will be a brand-new story and is set to open in cinemas May 26, 2028, the beginning of the long Memorial Day weekend — following the same release pattern that the studio used in 2025. Alongside Sanders' Stitch, the first film also starred Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham and Courtney B. Vance.
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