Lilo & Stitch Live-Action Movie Remake Starring Zach Galifianakis – The Hollywood Reporter
Zach Galifianakis has closed a deal to play the lead role Lilo & StitchDisney’s live-action remake of its 2002 animated hit.
Dean Fleischer Camp, the filmmaker behind the Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature and Independent Marcel the Shell With Shoes Onis directing a film that is slated for a major release on Disney+.
The story revolves around Hawaii about a relationship formed between a loner girl named Lilo and a dog-like alien named Stitch, who is genetically engineered to become a force of destruction. With nosy social workers and pursuit aliens banging on the door, the two stick together for a shared sense of family and win the day.
Details about Galifianakis’ role are being kept in the dog pound.
The studio is conducting an extensive search for actors to play Lilo and her sister. Stitch, naturally, will be a CG production.
Chris Kekaniokalani Bright wrote the screenplay for the adaptation. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois wrote and directed the original film, which, while not an initial hit, developed a loyal fan base that only grew in the ensuing years.
Rideback’s Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin will executive produce.
This deal marks Galifianakis’ return to studio filming for the first time since 2018 A wrinkle in time, which is also a Disney movie. Actor and comedian who has been a fixture on the big screen for many years thanks to Hangover movies and movies like Date due. However, since the late 2010s, Galifianakis has focused on television work, co-creating and starring in basket for FX and also does a lot of dub work.
The comedian is slowly coming out of his shell and has two movies available. He co-starred with Elizabeth Banks in beanie bubblefocuses on the toy craze of the 1990s, will stream on Apple and will appear in WinnerSusanna Fogel’s film about The Whistleblower Reality Winner.
Galifianakis, who has amassed a large following through the online talk show Between Two Ferns, is represented by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Yorn Levine.
