Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp explained in a new interview why Captain Gantu, a popular character from the original 2002 animated film, didn’t appear in the 2025 live-action remake.

In Disney's new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, the villainous Captain Gantu from the original animated film is nowhere to be found. Director Dean Fleischer Camp tells EW why they opted not to use ...

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The latest of live-action Disney movie remakes is here with the release of the new Lilo & Stitch, and that means fans like myself are going to start talking about how the beloved animated version ...

I’m sorry to be the one to break this news to the people of DeviantArt, but Captain Gantu — the hulking, whale-shark-like alien voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson who serves at the command of the ...

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 ...

Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp has finally addressed the absence of one of the animated movie’s fan-favorite characters in the live-action adaptation. The acclaimed filmmaker is best known ...

Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch remake has become a surprise hit with critics and a smash at the box office, even beating Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning in its opening weekend. While a ...

The live-action Lilo & Stitch remake has finally arrived, and it continues a tragic Disney villain trend that has hurt six remakes. 2025's Lilo & Stitch has been subject to lots of criticism online, ...

This article contains plot details for Lilo & Stitch. Experiment 626's arch-nemesis is no longer a threat. In Disney's new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, the chief antagonist from the original 2002 ...