Newcomer Maia Kealoha Cast as Lilo in New Disney+ Live-Action Adaptation of "Lilo & Stitch"

Newcomer Maia Kealoha has been cast as Lilo in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

What’s Happening:

Kealoha will portray the role of Lilo in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the 2002 animated film.
The film will be directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp, director of the Oscar-nominated Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.
Zach Galifianakis joined the cast of the film back in February in an undisclosed role.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is executive producing.
Chris Kekaniokalani Bright wrote the script for the adaptation.
The film is intended to be a major release on Disney+.
You can of course stream the original Lilo & Stitch on Disney+.
The original animated film told of the friendship formed between a lonely human girl named Lilo and an alien named Stitch, who is engineered to be a force of destruction.

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