During last night\u2019s D23 media event, Disney formally announced a sequel to its\u00a0Lilo & Stitch\u00a0remake. We already knew it was coming\u2014it made just over $1 billion, the first live-action\/animated hybrid to do so, and the studio\u2019s big live-action winner that year\u2014and now we now what it\u2019ll be about.<\/p>\n
Attendeees were teased with a brief glimpse of a pink, furry being with two glowing antennae sticking up from her head. That\u2019d be Angel, aka Experiment 624. In the\u00a0Lilo & Stitch\u00a0animated series, she appeared in her titular episode, as one of\u00a0many\u00a0experiments made by Jumbaa that Lilo, Stitch, and friends found and took care of on a weekly basis. Each experiment has a different power, and hers is hypnosis via a siren song that flips someone\u2019s morality. (If sung forwards, a good person becomes evil, and if played in reverse, the opposite effect.)<\/p>\n
LILO & STITCH 2 coming summer 2028\u2026 and will feature Stitch\u2019s pink counterpart \u2013 and love interest \u2013 Angel. pic.twitter.com\/UNUarUybUB<\/p>\n
\u2014 Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) August 15, 2026<\/p>\n
This power works on regular people and experiments made\u00a0before\u00a0her, which means Stitch is immune. Nonetheless, they fall in mutual love with each other. Angel only appears in the cartoon one other time, but shows up more frequently in the anime and like her boyfriend, is a pretty popular character. The couple would go on to show up at Disney\u2019s resorts in Tokyo, Paris, and more recently Hawaii. Disney\u2019s also actively played up their pairing this year with a music video and some animated shorts, probably to help pave the runway for this announcement.<\/p>\n
Kids movies love giving male leads a female counterpart\u2014just look at How\u00a0to Train Your Dragon\u00a0and\u00a0The Bad Guys\u2014so it\u2019s no surprise Angel\u2019s brought in for Lilo & Stitch 2. With her here, Disney\u2019s got itself an easy foundation for future live-action Lilo\u00a0films. Its other live-action remakes have had to start from scratch to justify their sequels, but that\u2019s not an issue an here: the cartoon gave the duo plenty of experiments to chase down and domesticate, and any one (or more) of them could make for a good third movie.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019ll all depend on how Lilo & Stitch 2\u00a0does when it hits theaters on May 26, 2028.<\/p>\n
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