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When Is Lilo and Stitch 2 Live Action?Premiere date
Scroll to release dateWhen does live-action Lilo & Stitch 2 premiere? May 26, 2028 — Sanders directs/voices Stitch; Kealoha returns; ≠ Glitch remake.
Current target date: Friday, May 26, 2028 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Live-action Lilo & Stitch 2 opens May 26, 2028. Sanders directs+Stitch voice; Kealoha Lilo. Original sequel ≠ Glitch. After $1B remake.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, May 26, 2028
May 26, 2028 — Experiment 626’s live-action sequel gets Memorial Day
Live-action Lilo & Stitch 2 opens Friday, May 26, 2028. After the 2025 remake cleared $1B and set a Memorial Day opening record, Disney dated the follow-up for the same holiday corridor — with Sanders writing and now directing, still voicing Stitch, while Kealoha returns as Lilo.
The sequel was announced on 6/26/2025 (Experiment 626 day). Incredibles 3 lands three weeks later on June 16 — different ohana, same summer board.
Confirmed: May 26 2028 Sanders-directed sequel — not Glitch remake, not 2026
Confirmed: May 26, 2028 theatrical; Sanders directs/writes/voices Stitch; Kealoha returns; original sequel story; Disney. Not confirmed as Fleischer Camp returning to direct, as a Glitch remake, or as a 2026–27 hold. Fake “Lilo & Stitch 2 — summer 2026” stubs are wrong.
From billion-dollar remake to a 2028 Memorial Day ohana
- 2002 — Sanders/DeBlois animated classic; Sanders voices Stitch.
- May 23, 2025 — live-action remake (Fleischer Camp) opens; ~$1B WW.
- Jun 26, 2025 — sequel announced (626 day); Sanders writing.
- 2026 — Sanders steps up to direct; Kealoha return confirmed.
- May 26, 2028 — current Disney target.
Before May 2028 — buy the live-action sequel, not the DTV Glitch
- Marquee: Lilo & Stitch 2 / May 26, 2028 — Disney.
- ≠ Stitch Has a Glitch remaster / DTV.
- ≠ 2002 animated-only reissue.
- Incredibles 3 is June 16 — different Friday.
- Sanders directs this one — Fleischer Camp was film one.
The guy who invented Stitch is directing the live-action sequel — after the remake already made a billion without him in the chair
Fleischer Camp steered the 2025 remake to Memorial Day history. For part two Disney handed the camera to Chris Sanders: co-creator, screenwriter, Stitch’s voice, Wild Robot director — now live-action ohana lead. The interesting May 26, 2028 story isn’t “another remake sequel”; it’s Experiment 626’s author taking the live-action wheel three years after the billion-dollar launch.
SEO that still calls this a Glitch remake or undated vaporware is arguing with Disney’s Memorial Day lock.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does live-action Lilo & Stitch 2 open?
May 26, 2028 in theaters from Walt Disney Pictures — Memorial Day weekend, following the 2025 remake’s record holiday open. Disney locked that Friday with Incredibles 3 on June 16, 2028.
2Who is directing?
Chris Sanders — co-creator of the original animated film, Stitch’s voice, screenwriter of the sequel, and now director. Dean Fleischer Camp directed the 2025 remake; this follow-up hands the chair to Sanders. Jonathan Eirich returns to produce.
3Is it a remake of Stitch Has a Glitch?
No. Disney has framed it as an original live-action sequel story, not a remake of the direct-to-video animated follow-ups. Working title remains Lilo & Stitch 2.
4Is Maia Kealoha coming back as Lilo?
Yes — she has confirmed a return as Lilo. Full supporting cast beyond Sanders’s Stitch voice is still filling out publicly.
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