Why Captain Gantu isn't in the live-action “Lilo & Stitch” and how the decision shaped the movie Maureen Lee Lenker May 23, 2025 Disney+ Captain Gantu in the animated version of 'Lilo & Stitch' ...

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

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 ...

Notably absent from this news, besides director Dean Fleischer Camp, are writers Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Chris Van ...

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

The recently-released live-action remake Lilo & Stitch replaces the original's Captain Gantu with another iconic character as the primary antagonist, a decision filmmakers discussed in an interview.

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 ...

He said, “Gantu was one of those things that just didn’t work so well in live action. We explored it a bit, but ultimately, we had to make the decision.” ...

Rotten Tomatoes considers it "one of the better live-action remakes of a Disney classic." But there’s one character that isn’t on the big screen: Captain Gantu.

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. Instead the climax has been revised to make Jumba ...

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. Instead the climax has been revised to make Jumba ...