Gantu was left out of Disney's Lilo & Stitch live-action remake, and director Dean Fleischer Camp explains why.

Lilo & Stitch was released on May 23, 2025, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The science fiction comedy film is a live-action remake of the namesake 2002 animated title.

The loss of Captain Gantu isn’t just a bummer for fans so much as it recalibrates the whole moral thrust of Lilo & Stitch.

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Is Gantu in live-action Lilo & Stitch? Here's why the iconic character was completely removed from the remake.

Backlash against Disney’s live-action remakes is nothing new. The movies are widely panned by fans who see them as vapid cash ...

Disney fans are outraged that one key character from the original “Lilo & Stitch” film was cut from this year’s live-action ...

In the 2002 movie, Captain Gantu from the United Galactic Federation travels to Earth after Jumba and Pleakley fail to ...

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Directed by Dean Fleicsher Camp, the live action version of the Lilo & Stitch movie has been facing massive backlash from ...