Walt Disney is planning a live action remake of its 2002 animation feature “Lilo & Stitch,” said The Hollywood Reporter.
Mike Van Waes, whose credits include the upcoming “Conjuring” spin-off “The Crooked Man,” will script the remake. The producers are Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who are also working with Disney on Guy Ritchie’s live action remake of “Aladdin.”
It is not known yet if the remake, a live-action and computer graphics hybrid, is meant for theatres or for Disney’s streaming service Disney Play, which will be launched next year.
The 2002 hit, written and directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (who later co-wrote “How To Train Your Dragon”), traced the adventures of a Hawaiian girl and an extraterrestrial dog-like creature.
The “Lilo & Stitch” remake joins a long list of upcoming live action adaptations of Disney’s old films, including “Dumbo,” “The Lion King” and “Aladdin,” all of which open in theatres next year. Disney has already released live-action versions of “Cinderella” (2015), “The Jungle Book” (1994 and 2016) and “The Beauty and the Beast” (2017).
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