‘Lilo & Sew 2’ to be Directed by Co-Creator Chris Sanders (Unique)

When you’re a part of the ohana, you’re a part of it in animation and live-action. Chris Sanders, who co-created, co-wrote and co-directed the unique Lilo & Sew animated film, will now direct Disney’s sequel to its live-action Lilo & Sew megahit. Sanders, who additionally voiced the character of Sew in each animated and live-action type, was already deeply concerned with the characteristic as its screenwriter. The sequel is now on the wave to manufacturing, with capturing as a consequence of start later this yr. Jonathan Eirich, who produced the preliminary live-action remake, is again as producer through Rideback. The corporate’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing.  Sew facilities on a lonely woman who befriends a blue pet that seems to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction. The unique film produced some memorable strains, corresponding to “Ohana means household. Household means no one will get left behind,” and was adopted by two direct-to-video sequels, Sew! The Film and Sew Has a Glitch, in addition to Lilo & Sew: The Sequence.  Disney rebooted the title with the live-action characteristic that, because of households and Gen Zers who grew up on the unique, powered to over $1 billion {dollars} on the field workplace, $423.7 million of that domestically. The sequel can be a brand-new story. The 2025 film was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Sneakers On). Chris Kekaniokalani Vibrant and Mike Van Waes have been the writers.

Rideback’s subsequent characteristic is Better of the Finest, a contest dance comedy that may debut on Netflix in September.

Sanders is mighty identify within the animation discipline. He co-wrote and co-directed the unique animated film with Dean DeBlois and the 2 later went to work collectively on the primary The best way to Practice Your Dragon. Sanders then co-wrote and co-directed The Croods with Kirk DeMicco and solo directed The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation’s 2024 adaption of the Chris Brown ebook that received 9 Annie Awards and scored three Oscar nominations. He’s growing a sequel, The Wild Robotic Escapes. The Sew sequel won’t be Sanders’ live-action debut. That was made with the 2020 adaptation of The Name of the Wild, which starred Harrison Ford together with loads of CGI animals, and certain a useful coaching floor for his new undertaking. He’s repped by WME and Lichter Grossman.