Maia Kealoha is ready for Lilo & Stitch 2! The young actress shared her excitement for the upcoming sequel while attending ...

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 animated film, Captain Gantu, is nowhere to be found.

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Lilo & Stitch remake may be successful, but it changes too much about the original story--including leaving out this ...

As Lilo & Stitch continues to smash the box office, fans of the original 2002 Disney film are wondering why Captain Gantu was cut from the live action adaptation. We finally have an answer, as the ...

In Lilo & Stitch (2002), Kevin Michael Richardson voiced Captain Gantu, Stitch/Experiment 626’s biggest rival who will stop at nothing to apprehend the escaped creature.

Entertainment Live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ praised despite cutting key character Published: May. 24, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Captain Gantu, who originally appeared late in the story to capture Stitch, is cut entirely. Stitch is still pursued by the goofy alien duo Jumba (Zach Galifianakis) and Pleakley (Billy Magnussen).

Jumba is turned into the main villain since Captain Gantu is gone, and his comedy dynamic with Pleakley vanishes as a result. Maia Kealoha is excellent as Lilo, but she’s the only one who has the ...

With Lilo & Stitch ‘s journey to live-action, at least one character didn’t return from the original 2002 Disney animated film. Director Dean Fleischer Camp recently explained he had to “free up real ...