Disney's LILO & STITCH Remake Casts Original Stitch Voice Actor; Zach Galifianakis' Character Confirmed

Disney has cast original Lilo & Stitch director and Stitch voice actor Chris Sanders in the role of Stitch in the upcoming live-action/CGI remake. It makes complete sense that they would bring Sanders back to reprise the role.

The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which also reports that Zach Galifianakis is confirmed to be playing Stitch’s scientist creator, Jumba. So far, the rest of the cast includes newcomer Maia Kealoha, who is playing Lilo; Billy Magnussen as the one-eyed alien Pleakley, Sydney Elizabeth Agudong (NCIS) as Nani, Lilo’s older sister and legal guardian, the original voice of Nani, Tia Carrere, will be portraying a new character named Mrs. Kekoa, while actress Amy Hill, who played Mrs. Hasagawa in the animated movie and series, will play a new character named Tūtū.

In the film, “Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl who adopts a small ugly ‘dog,’ whom she names Stitch,” reads the original animated film’s synopsis. “Stitch would be the perfect pet if he weren’t in reality a genetic experiment who has escaped from an alien planet and crash-landed on Earth. Through her love, faith, and unwavering belief in ohana, the Hawaiian concept of family, Lilo helps unlock Stitch’s heart and gives him the ability to care for someone else.”

Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On) is directing the remake that will be a major release on Disney+. Chris Kekaniokalani Bright wrote the script for the adaptation.