Just like in the 2002 animated movie, Stitch was an "experiment" scientifically engineered to create chaos and destruction. And that "star" Lilo saw in the sky? It was actually a police cruiser Stitch stole to escape the spaceship where his captors now frantically search for him.

Disney fans have been left unexpectedly optimistic about the forthcoming Lilo & Stitch live-action remake after the official trailer landed yesterday. The film, adapted from Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois’s 2002 cartoon, will star Maia Kealoha as Lilo, Sydney Agudong as her sister Nani, with Chris Sanders reprising his voice role as Sitch.

The box office is horribly sluggish but there is a silver lining in summer, evident in Disney’s live-action take of 2002 animation toon Lilo Stitch which opens on May 23. How’s that? The 24-hour traffic for the trailer that dropped this week clocked 158M views,

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The live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch released its official trailer on March 12 and is taking the internet by storm. The highly anticipated film will be released only in theaters May 23. The glimpse at director Dean Fleischer Camp‘s adaptation of Lilo & Stitch gave fans a dose of nostalgia while teasing a fun film about the power of family.