Koby Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Lilo & Stitch, the 2002 animated movie from Walt Disney Feature Animation, is getting the live-action treatment. The studio has hired up-and-comer Mike Van Waes to pen the script for the remake that will be produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback, formerly known as Lin Pictures. The two are already known in the Disney halls as they working on the high-profile live-action remake of Aladdin. Stitch was written and directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, who later found acclaim with How to Train Your Dragon. The Hawaii-centric story told 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. While not a massive success by modern box office standards, the well-regarded movie was a bright spot in a down period of Disney’s animation history and launched several direct-to-video sequels as well as several television series. It is unclear whether the feature project, which is intended to be a live-action/CG hybrid, is intended for theatrical release or for Disney's streaming service that launches in 2019. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is co-producing. The feature project is the latest in Disney’s successful strategy of mining their past animated classics and re-purposing them as live-action tentpoles events. Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Pete’s Dragon are some of the recent releases with Dumbo, The Lion King and Aladdin among those heading moviegoers’ way in the future. Van Waes is better known in Hollywood circles as a writer of horror fare. He wrote The Crooked Man, based on a character from New Line’s The Conjuring 2 and that is being developed as a Conjuring Universe spinoff. He also wrote Not in Kansas, a Wizard of Oz-themed horror project also set up at New Line. He is repped by CAA and Grandview. Lin’s Aladdin is due in theaters May 24, 2019. Guy Ritchie directed the movie, which stars Will Smith as Genie. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixPress Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Well, it was only a matter of time. I wonder just how ugly the aliens are going to be... wasn't a fan of what they did with the furniture in Beauty and the Beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch626 Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) My favorite Disney movie of all time. I can only hope that they do a good job. I wonder where they're filming it at. I'd like to plan my next visit back home so I can go check out the sets, and you never know, maybe they'll need some extras (assuming they will film any of it in Hawaii) Edited October 28, 2018 by stitch626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tester012 Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 My favorite cartoon, it make me thought in the past when I was a child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuji Sakai Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 They better not mess this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tele11 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 I wonder why disney keeps making live action versions of their movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigim99 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 EXCITIIIING Spoiler Hope they don't Pokemonify this as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galvahad Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 5 hours ago, tele11 said: I wonder why disney keeps making live action versions of their movies It's cause it's easy and it sells. Why draft up a new thing/hope your new things does well when you have a popular (but dormant) property to use? Not looking forward to Stitch in semi-realistic 3D. That'll be... as bad as the Pokemon thing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selenaknight Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Not excited about this. I haven't like much of the live action Disney remakes. And Lilo & Stitch is already great as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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