Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp explained in a new interview why Captain Gantu, a popular character from the original 2002 animated film, didn’t appear in the 2025 live-action remake.
Dean Fleischer Camp freely admits that “Lilo & Stitch” is his favorite Disney animated movie, which is why he wanted to direct the live-action/CG remake that has become a surprise blockbuster hit. He ...
Twenty-three years ago, an adorable, blue, koala-like alien and his once lonely Hawaiian friend took the world by storm in Disney’s animated film “Lilo & Stitch.” And now, under the direction of ...
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Why Captain Gantu isn't in the live-action “Lilo & Stitch” and how the decision shaped the movie
Director Dean Fleischer Camp and producer Jonathan Eirich tell EW that cutting the villainous Gantu deepened the storytelling. In Disney's new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, the villainous Captain ...
EXCLUSIVE: After turning Disney’s Lilo & Stitch live-action pic into the first billion-dollar hit of 2025, director Dean Fleischer Camp has a new pitch in the market that he hopes sweeps buyers off ...
Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp has a catchy saying when it comes to making a live-action adaptation of an animated classic. "The real trick," he tells Entertainment Weekly, "is to try to ...
In Disney's new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, the villainous Captain Gantu from the original animated film is nowhere to be found. Director Dean Fleischer Camp tells EW why they opted not to use ...
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