After writing and directing the 2002 animated pic, Chris Sanders is returning to pen the live-action sequel to the box office smash hit Lilo & Stitch. Sanders, who co-directed the original movie and voiced Stitch, reprised his voice-over role in the 2025 update.

Disney's live-action "Lilo & Stitch" remake is the year's first Hollywood release to hit $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

Disney's live-action adaptation 'Lilo & Stitch' has become the first U.S. film of the year to gross $1 billion in worldwide box office revenue.

Lilo & Stitch 2 is happening and Chris Sanders, who directed the original and served as the voice of Stitch throughout the franchise, is writing the sequel.

With development on Lilo & Stitch 2 now underway, the upcoming Disney sequel has brought in a key franchise creative to write the script.

It's diabolical how Disney recreates all the potent emotion of the original and puts it in a cynical new wrapper.

"My Name Is Nani" could be the song of the summer. Audiences around the world were instantly smitten with the cute factor of Hollywood newcomer Maia Kealoha, even before they officially saw the child actor as Disney's live-action Lilo in the Lilo & Stitch movie,