Disney‘s Lilo & Stitch remake restarted production this week, and while main cast has been reported on, we have some additional news to share.
We are hearing, which is kind of obvious, that the character Captain Gantu will appear in the remake. Additionally, while I could not 100% could not confirm who is voicing the character, I have been told multiple times from people I trust that Kevin Michael Richardson is returning to voice. Richardson voiced the character in the 2001 animated original as well as its many sequels and Disney Channel series.
The film tells the story of “the bond formed between a lonely human girl named Lilo and a dog-like alien named Stitch, who is engineered to be a force of destruction. Pursuing aliens, social workers, and the idea of the bond of family figure into the proceedings.”
Newcomer Maia Kealoha stars as Lilo Pelekai, Zach Galifianakis as the voice of Dr. Jumba Jookiba, Billy Magnussen as the voice of Agent Pleakley, Sydney Agudong as Nani Pelekai, Kaipo Dudoit as David Kawena, Tia Carrere as Mrs. Kekoa, Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles, Amy Hill as Tūtū, Jason Scott Lee as a luau manager, and Chris Sanders, who reprises his role as Stitch.
The film is be directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, the producing duo who brought us the billion dollar Aladdin remake in 2019.
Filming began on the project back in May and was put on hold in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming has since restarted and is expected to wrap in March. While strike was ongoing, the team began work on some of the post-production. I hear a teaser has been but together but whether see one during the upcoming Super Bowl remains to be seen.
