{"id":1743,"date":"2026-06-13T05:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2026-06-13T05:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:36:59","slug":"lilo-stitch-2-to-be-directed-by-co-creator-chris-sanders-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lilo &#038; Stitch 2\u2019 to be Directed by Co-Creator Chris Sanders (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tOnce you\u2019re part of the ohana, you\u2019re part of it in animation <em>and<\/em> live-action.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Chris Sanders, who co-created, co-wrote and co-directed the original <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/em> animated movie, will now direct Disney\u2019s sequel to its live-action <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/em> megahit.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Sanders, who also voiced the character of Stitch in both animated and live-action form, was already deeply involved with the feature as its screenwriter. The sequel is now on the wave to production, with shooting due to begin later this year.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Jonathan Eirich, who produced the initial live-action remake, is back as producer via Rideback. The company\u2019s Ryan Halprin is exec producing.  <br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>Stitch<\/em> centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction. The original movie produced some memorable lines, such as \u201cOhana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind,\u201d and was followed by two direct-to-video sequels,\u00a0<em>Stitch! The Movie\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Stitch Has a Glitch,\u00a0<\/em>as well as<em>\u00a0Lilo &amp; Stitch: The Series.<\/em>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Disney rebooted the title with the live-action feature that, thanks to families and Gen Zers who grew up on the original, powered to over $1 billion dollars at the box office, $423.7 million of that domestically.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The sequel will be a brand-new story.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The 2025 movie was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (<em>Marcel the Shell with Shoes On<\/em>). Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes were the writers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1741\">Aaron Sorkin on Why Jesse Eisenberg Didn\u2019t Return as Mark Zuckerberg for \u2018Social Reckoning\u2019: \u201cHas His Problems With the Guy\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRideback\u2019s next feature is <em>Best of the Best<\/em>, a competition dance comedy that will debut on Netflix in September.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1739\">Inside the Directors Guild\u2019s Four-Year Deal: A Focus on Jobs, the Health Plan and AI Protections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSanders is mighty name in the animation field. He co-wrote and co-directed the original animated movie with Dean DeBlois and the two later went to work together on the first <em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em>. Sanders then co-wrote and co-directed\u00a0<em>The Croods<\/em>\u00a0with Kirk DeMicco and solo directed <em>The Wild Robot,<\/em> DreamWorks Animation\u2019s 2024 adaption of the Chris Brown book that won nine Annie Awards and scored three Oscar nominations. He is developing a sequel, <em>The Wild Robot Escapes<\/em>.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The <em>Stitch<\/em> sequel will not be Sanders\u2019 live-action debut. 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