Lilo & Stitch 2
Animated Film to Theaters
Future Direct-To-Video
Future Featurettes
U.S. Release Dates
World Release Dates
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Info
- Genre: Probally Direct-To-video
- Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
- Production Company: MovieToons Division
- Release Date: Possibly 2004
Cast
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Notes
January 1, 2003
Update on the Lilo & Stitch Spin-Off Projects
Chris Sanders reminded AWN that "there are two things going on. There's a weekly TV series for Saturday morning, to be shown next year, and there's also a direct-to-video sequel. Both will take up where the film ended and continue the story, which is natural given the original film is almost a prequel to the rest of the characters' lives. The spinoffs explore something we were never able to explore with our film. We're envious of the guys doing that; we only look in on it now and again. Everyone realized that if you're going to get something like that to market, you have to start way in advance. We felt strongly that Lilo and Stitch could lend itself to other things, so we started working with the spinoff guys quite a bit before the film was released. In animation terms, this is coming out at blinding speed! I've seen the preliminary artwork for both the DTV and the TV show and they're doing their best to give the same watercolor background, which is really the foundation. In a sense, the watercolors do everything for you. They give you the soft palette, the lush look, the relaxed feel and then the rounded characters flourish. You probably couldn't have a more convenient basis for a weekly series."
August 22, 2002
Disney's true video premiere animated movie sequel, Lilo & Stitch 2, is
still on track for a debut in 2004, but the feature-length Stitch! The
Movie, a prequel derived from the fall 2003 Disney Channel TV series
based on this summer's hit animated movie in which Lilo and Stitch search
Earth for other experimental creatures like Stitch, will debut on video
next summer, according to Video Premiere Awards.
August 15, 2002
Toon Zone reveals that the 2003 direct-to-video movie "picks up right at the
end of the theatrical movie. The DTV involves an evil Hamster genius who was
actually featured in L&S the movie in the prison scene. He was apparently
Jumbaa's assistant and helped him create the 625 experiments prior to Stitch.
Each one has a different destructive capability. To keep them contained they
have all been dehydrated and stored in a computerized data chamber. Well the
Hamster breaks loose, Gantu (The Shark security officer, now fired from the
council) is hired by the hamster to get those experiments back. In a struggle,
the data chamber breaks in the sky and all 625 dehydrated balls of experiments
scatter over the Hawaiian Islands. Some are activated... some not. The Council,
so impressed with Lilo's conversion of Stitch, sends the 7 year old and her
alien companions (including the reformed Juumbaa and Pleakley, who disguise
themselves as Lilo's Uncle and Aunt respectively) to collect and reform all
625 experiments. The DTV revolves around an electricity experiment, nick-named
Sparky."
July 14, 2002
Thomas Schumacher, president of Walt Disney Animation, and Anne Sweeney,
President, ABC Cable Networks Group and Disney Channel Worldwide, announced
yesterday that a Lilo & Stitch video sequel, currently entitled Stitch! --
The Movie, is slated for release in 2003 and will serve as a bridge between
the feature film and the television series, currently under development with
the working title of Stitch! -- The TV Series. Commenting on the announcement,
Schumacher said, "The characters and themes in Lilo & Stitch have strongly
connected with audiences--and that includes our own creative people at the
Studio. Writer-directors Chris Sanders' and Dean DeBlois' creation has inspired
everyone, and we're thrilled to pick up where the motion picture leaves off
with these exciting, funny, and heartwarming extensions." In the video
premiere, Stitch -- formerly known as Dr. Jumba Jookiba's "Experiment
626" -- is now living on Earth with Lilo and Nani, aided by their friend,
David, and the social worker Cobra Bubbles, as well as fellow aliens Jumba
and Pleakley. In a series of unfortunate accidents, Jumba's other 625
experiments land on Hawaii and, one by one, are activated. Tony Craig and
Roberts Gannaway, the team that brought Mickey Mouse back to television in
Disney's Mickey MouseWorks and Disney's House of Mouse, are the directors
of Stitch! - The Movie. Gannaway, Craig, and Jess Winfield (Disney's Teacher's
Pet, Disney/Pixar's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command) are executive producers,
and the script is written by Winfield and Gannaway.
From June 20, 2002
11-year-old Daveigh Chase revealed to Honolulu Star-Bulletin that she will be
the voice of Lilo "in the TV series, and that's as far as we have gotten.
They're, like, reluctant to put me in the sequel because it's so far in advance
and they're worried my voice may change. But I really, really want to do the
sequel! I am very attached to Lilo." Tia Carrere has already signed on for the
animated TV series version to debut next year, while Jason Scott Lee has not.
"I live in Hollywood so it's easy for me to get to the studio, do a few episodes
and then go shopping at Barney's," Carrere told Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Lee
declined because there are other priorities on his dream list. "I don't want
to be tethered and have to come back to Hollywood any time they need me,"
he said.
From April 22, 2001
While recording sessions are currently underway on The Adventures of Lilo and Stitch
TV series, storyboards are still up in the Burbank offices for Lilo & Stitch 2; Daveigh
Chase, busy with Spirited Away and now too old for the character, will reportedly not
return as the voice of Lilo for the sequel.
Animated Movies
TV Series and Video Sequel Already in the Works for Lilo & Stitch
Discussing the additional revenues triggered by the animated series produced for broadcast,
cable, syndicated and international markets, Variety anounces that a TV series based on
Disney's upcoming summer animated theatrical feature Lilo and Stitch will be followed in
2004 by a video premiere movie sequel.
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