Major spoilers ahead for Disney's live action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" Disney's live action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" is here and yes, it makes a pretty major change to the ending of the story. And some fans are pretty mad about it.

In the original film, Lilo lives with her sister Nani after their parents die in a car crash driving home one stormy night. However, Nani struggles to keep up with her troublemaking sister. When Stitch comes into their lives and causes even more chaos, a social worker threatens to place Lilo in foster care, believing Nani can’t handle it.

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, the movie adapts the beloved 2002 animated movie by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois into the live-action medium, which is a pattern Disney has been following for years.

Lilo and Stitch went up against the latest Mission Impossible film this weekend in a race for the box office top spot, although it sounds like - financially, at least - there were no real losers here after becoming two of the biggest films of the year with record-breaking takings.

Viewers of the new live-action Lilo and Stitch have been left furious after major changes were made to the childhood classic, completely altering the story

Lilo & Stitch, Disney’s 2025 live-action remake of the 2002 animated film, directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on May 17, 2025, and was released across

Disney fans are outraged that one key character from the original “Lilo & Stitch” film was cut from this year’s live-action remake. Captain Gantu, the villain of the 2002 animated flick, was noticeably absent from the new version that hit theaters on Friday, May 23.