Today, during Disney’s D23 Brazil At this event, the company presented a series of first insights and new teasers for upcoming projects. And during the event, Disney revealed the first still of Stitch from the upcoming live-action film Lilo and Stitch New edition. And well… hmmm… I’m not sure, guys!
Already in 2018Disney announced that it is working on a live-action adaptation of the 2002 animated film Lilo and Stitch. This movie I love tells the story of a blue, chubby alien criminal who crashes in Hawaii and befriends a little girl while pretending to be her puppy to avoid capture by the authorities. As with all of Disney’s popular animated films these days, Lilo and Stitch is being remade as a live-action film. And our first real look at the character makes me nervous.
On November 8th the official Disney Twitter account posted an image of Stitch as he will appear in the live-action adaptation of the animated film in May 2025. (We previously saw him in a short promo video.) My first complaint is simple: it’s not blue enough!
My second complaint is that Stitch doesn’t look chubby and round enough. One of the best parts of Lilo and Stitch So the characters in the film have this round and elongated look. It was very different from the usual house style was featured in most Disney animated films at the time, and I loved this image as a child. Stitch was cute and also very funny, which also helped me fall in love with the film.
This new stitch is giving me live action Sonic vibes, but before that it was repaired and made less ugly and terrible looking. That’s not a good thing!
Now let me just say that I’m not mad about Stitch’s new look. I will not send threatening messages to people who worked on the film, or start an online campaign to harass people, or create videos complaining about Disney “ruining” Stitch.
Ultimately, this is a film for children. It’s not for me. And if I really, really don’t like the new stitch, I can just watch the OG movie and not worry about the remake. See, that’s how adults deal with things like this. You don’t have to get angry or toxic. Simply point out that something is either not for you or is objectively bad and move on.
Lilo and Stitch will be released in theaters on May 23, 2025. I hope he looks bluer in the actual movie.
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