"I Tried": 'Lilo & Stitch' Live-Action Director Reveals Concept Art of Pleakley's Iconic Dress Moment
Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp reveals he tried to get Pleakley's drag disguise into the movie & reveals concept art for the live-action.
The Lilo & Stitch live-action remake isn’t out until May 23, 2025, but fans are already dissecting every detail from the recently released trailer — including one major omission: Pleakley’s iconic dress. In the 2002 animated classic, the one-eyed alien’s hilarious disguises (especially dressing as a woman to blend in with humans) became instant fan favorites. So where is that energy in the live-action version? Well, according to director Dean Fleischer Camp, it almost made it in.
