Lilo & Stitch‘s Director Tried His Best to Have Live-Action Pleakley Werk a Dress

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is set to debut later this month, and fans are already caught up in the familiar excitement that tends to accompany the House of Mouse’s “live-action” adaptations. Stitch remains a lovable bundle of chaos, Lilo actor Maia Kealoha looks poised to deliver some delightfully unfiltered kids say the darndest things moments, and the film’s embrace of cross-promotion with the Super Bowl and Marvel’s Thunderbolts* are … interesting. However, folks online haven’t been shy about their gripe over the film’s take on Pleakly, a discourse the film’s director is well aware of. A month ago, Disney dropped the official trailer for Lilo & Stitch, which has since amassed over 15 million views on YouTube. However, the most rewatched moment from the nearly two and a half minute trailer isn’t any of Lilo and Stich’s live action meets CG found family hijinks, but the butt end of the trailer with the film’s antagonists, Stitch’s mad-scientist creator, Dr. Jumba Jookiba (Zach Galafianak ... Read full article.