Emmy and Tony-Award winner Courtney B. Vance is the latest to join the cast of Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, according to Deadline.
- Vance will play Cobra Bubbles, the former CIA agent turned social worker.
- The character was voiced originally by Ving Rhames in the belove animated film and various TV projects.
- Vance is known for his roles in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and HBO’s Lovecraft Country, and he earned Emmy Awards for both roles.
- He has also appeared in a number of feature films, including The Hunt for Red October, Dangerous Minds, Space Cowboys, The Mummy and more.
- Lilo & Stitch will be directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp, director of the Oscar-nominated Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.
- Zach Galifianakis joined the cast of the film back in February in an undisclosed role, while newcomer Maia Kealoha has been cast as Lilo.
- Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is executive producing.
- Chris Kekaniokalani Bright wrote the script for the adaptation.
- The film is intended to be a major release on Disney+.
- You can of course stream the original Lilo & Stitch on Disney+.
- The original animated film told of the friendship formed between a lonely human girl named Lilo and an alien named Stitch, who is engineered to be a force of destruction.
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