Lilo and Stitch 2025

[Newt]

I dropped a post in the reboot/remake thread about the movie trailer dropping.
Was thinking maybe it deserved its own dedicated thread.
Disney love them or hate them have had a spree of remakes in live action of their beloved movies. All with varying degrees of success. Either the need to ‘update for a modern audience’, give a new spin to a classic or the pointless shot for shot reenactment.
Myself did not care for them. I’m not really a Disney animation fan in the first place so the need to see it live action doesn’t do it for me. Kudos to you if you do like that kind thing.
Saying that Lilo and Stitch is one that I find likeable with it being sci-if. It has a certain charm and a nice enough story. Would say it’s a lot of fun. Even like the animation style. Elvis references and I find the setting of Hawaii to be great stuff.
So a remake in Disney tradition is on they way

Does the trailer look like nightmare fuel? Nope. Looks acceptable. Even considering seeing at the cinema.

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Also Tia Carrere in it. Schwing!

 

[Tosk]

For me, there's not a frame of this that doesn't just make me want to watch the original instead.

 

[Mage]

For me, there's not a frame of this that doesn't just make me want to watch the original instead.

It looks like a really fun movie that I will check out on D+, but yeah, makes me wanna watch the original as well.

 

[Reverend]

Are they just having Bubbles be a straight up government agent chasing after Stitch? It was funnier and more interesting when he was just a social worker . . . who also happened to be an ex-government agent that already know about aliens.

Yeah, while this isn't the worst looking live action Disney adaptation I've seen (Aladdin is still probably at the top of that list for me), and it's probably one of the best suited for the treatment given the contemporary-ish* setting, I'm still more inclined to just watch the original again instead.
I get the commercial justification, but remaking a movie that's already excellent and still perfectly accessible to modern audiences to be a creatively pointless endeavour, especially when it's a slavishly faithful, (almost) shot-for shot, line-for-line remake.

*Looks like they're doing it as an early 2000's period piece (which is a sentence I never thought I'd ever write or say!)​

 

[Newt]

Are they just having Bubbles be a straight up government agent chasing after Stitch? It was funnier and more interesting when he was just a social worker . . . who also happened to be an ex-government agent that already know about aliens.

Yeah, while this isn't the worst looking live action Disney adaptation I've seen (Aladdin is still probably at the top of that list for me), and it's probably one of the best suited for the treatment given the contemporary-ish* setting, I'm still more inclined to just watch the original again instead.
I get the commercial justification, but remaking a movie that's already excellent and still perfectly accessible to modern audiences to be a creatively pointless endeavour, especially when it's a slavishly faithful, (almost) shot-for shot, line-for-line remake.

*Looks like they're doing it as an early 2000's period piece (which is a sentence I never thought I'd ever write or say!)​

Not sure about Bubbles as a government agent chasing after Stitch. Hard to say from that trailer.
Was gonna say wish they cast Ving Rhames as he fits the character so well not realising he did the voice in the original. haha

Do agree about the remakes in general. What's the point for shot for shot adaptations.
Think this may be my exception to the rule, just because it looks like a fun flick.
Apart from the commercial aspect for the studios it's hard to find why these film makers feel the need to remake beloved movies. Maybe to give families something they can bond over? Younger audiences and older generations coming together to enjoy said film. You'll think these older films could still bring generations together but what do I know? lol

 

[Tosk]

They ran out of black and white movies to remake in color, so now they remake animated movies in live action.

 

[fireproof78]

Seeing the aliens in more realistic style is interesting.

 

[JD]

Looks like fun to me, and from what I can recall looks different enough that it at least won't be an exact shot for shot remake of the original.

 

[Tosk]

I really liked back in the day when Stitch was showing up in trailers that pretended to be for other Disney properties. (Like clinging to the ceiling in Beauty and the Beast.)

They should revisit that idea for this one. If you're gonna get all your good ideas from the previous movie, why not take their good advertising ideas too?

 

[Newt]

They should revisit that idea for this one. If you're gonna get all your good ideas from the previous movie, why not take their good advertising ideas too?

They may still do. If Disney is smart they’ll put some money on the promotional material for lilo and stitch. As from what I can tell Snow White looks like a train wreck with very little positive hype, so they could use a win with one of their biggest films this year.

 

[JD]

They already played around with that idea a little bit when they had him running around on the field in the Super Bowl ad.

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[Colonel Midnight]

Living in Hawaii with an eleven year old son… I think it’s safe to say / given that I’ll be seeing this in the theater in a few weeks. Cheeeeeee-Hoo!

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Newt]

Lilo & Stitch Posters Parody Snow White, Aladdin, & More Classic Disney Movies

Disney has shared a new batch of Lilo & Stitch posters for its highly-anticipated live-action remake of the iconic 2002 animated movie. The adaptation is scheduled to make its debut in theaters on May 23, 2025. “The film is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the...

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For those of you wanting some crossover promotion

 

[Tosk]

Lilo & Stitch Posters Parody Snow White, Aladdin, & More Classic Disney Movies

Disney has shared a new batch of Lilo & Stitch posters for its highly-anticipated live-action remake of the iconic 2002 animated movie. The adaptation is scheduled to make its debut in theaters on May 23, 2025. “The film is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the...

www.yahoo.com

For those of you wanting some crossover promotion

It's hard not to think that the Aladdin one with the tagline "NOBODY WISHED FOR THIS" is making a sly reference to the Stitch movie itself.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Heck, just loop this video for 2 hours, and I’d be happy…

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Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Newt]

Heck, just loop this video for 2 hours, and I’d be happy…

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Cheers,
-CM-

Deffo.
Hawaii is so photogenic

 

[Oddish]

Yup. Headed there for spring break.

As from what I can tell Snow White looks like a train wreck with very little positive hype, so they could use a win with one of their biggest films this year.

Trashing the Snow White remake was a thing pretty much from the trailer, so it already had a very deep hole to climb out of. While it reportedly wasn't a truly bad movie (44% on Rotten Tomatoes with critics and about 70% with verified reviews from audiences, so essentially mediocre), it wasn't strong enough to beat the negative hype.

Let's hope Lilo and Stitch does better.

 

[Tosk]

Trashing the Snow White remake was a thing pretty much from the trailer

Even before that. Between the early set photo leak, the dwarf controversy, and Zegler taking a small shit on the original film, this one was behind the eight ball the whole way.

 

[the G-man]

My kids were already teenagers when the first came out so I've never seen it but this looks cute and funny, especially because Stitch reminds me of my hyperactive cocker spaniel.

 

[Newt]

Stitch reminds me of my hyperactive cocker spaniel.

Stitch is a pretty fun character.