Lilo & Sew Remake Brings Again Chris Sanders as Sew

All through the month of April, Disney’s been regularly rolling out casting data for its incoming remake of Lilo & Sew. We’ve obtained our Lilo in newcomer Maia Kealoha, a Nani in Sydney Elizabeth Agudong, and Billy Magnussen. All that’s lacking is Sew—or fairly, he was lacking prior to now.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s presently in last talks to deliver again Sew’s unique actor, Chris Sanders, to reprise the function for the remake. Together with voicing the character within the 2002 movie, he’d additionally directed, wrote, and designed the movie’s characters. Following the film’s success, he voiced Sew within the spinoff TV collection (and its sequel film), and in different media that featured the character like Kingdom Hearts II and The Lion King 1 1/2. Prior this, Sanders advised SyFy Wire in 2022 that he hadn’t been approached about coming again, although the rumor for someday was that he’d be again to play the lovable alien-dog.

In that very same story, THR additional revealed that Disney’s introduced on Kaipot Dudoit (Magnum PI) to play the function of David, Nani’s surfer buddy/love curiosity. Final week, it was reported that the function would go to Kahiau Machado, however within the midst of Disney’s vetting course of, social media customers discovered earlier posts the place Machado used racial slurs. On the time that these posts have been being uncovered, Disney had but to formally affirm the casting.

As beforehand acknowledged, Sanders and Dudoit are two new additions to an eventful collection of forged reveals. Additional rounding out the ensemble is Zach Galifianakis as Jumbaa, Magnussen as Pleakley (based on THR), Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles, and Tia Carrere as a social employee assigned to test in on Lilo and Nani, who Carrere voiced within the animated movies and present. The movie is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp.

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