‘Lilo & Stitch’ Trailer Lets Disney’s Lovable Alien Loose in the Live-Action World

Today, Disney has revealed the official trailer for the live-action reimagining of Lilo & Stitch, offering a new take on the 2002 animated classic. Described as a “wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family,” the new pic will open exclusively in theaters on May 23.

Lilo & Stitch is directed by award-winning filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), with a screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes.

The new film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani, Billy Magnussen as Pleakley, Tia Carrere as Mrs. Kekoa, Hannah Waddingham as Grand Councilwoman and the original film’s director Chris Sanders returning as the voice of Stitch, with Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles and Zach Galifianakis as Jumba, and introducing Maia Kealoha as Lilo.

Producers are Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Tom Peitzman, Ryan Halprin, Louie Provost and Thomas Schumacher serving as executive producers.