TheDisney+ live - action adaption ofLilo and Stitchhas found its niggling human wiz .
The Hollywood newsman , succeed a report inKnight Edge Media , writes that young Hawaiian actress Maia Kealoha has land the part of Lilo Pelekai . The molding comes after an extensive receptive call as Disney searched for the remaking ’s leading role of a girl who espouse a fugitive alien after mistaking it for a dog .
The animated version number out in 2002 from theatre director Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois ; the hot - action remake will be helmed byMarcel the Shell With Shoes Ondirector Dean Fleischer Camp , with a script by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright . The picture show recently add actorZach Galifianakisto the hurl in an unknown purpose ( though we hope he ’ll be playing Pleakley ) ; we ’re still waiting to see who ’ll meet the story ’s other big role : Lilo ’s older sister , Nani .
Image: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Lilo and Stitch will be released directly to Disney+ , thought we trust it does get some love on the big screen . So far there ’s no Holy Scripture on when to carry it .
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