Disney’s Lilo & Stitch was not originally supposed to be a movie

The masterpiece of “Lilo & Schitch” has grown to become one of the most famous films in the studio since its theatrical release in 2002, especially compared to other films from the Poro period in the early 2000s in the early twentieth century (which was characterized by fluctuations such as “Fantasia 2000”. Lilo & Group seized the story of the pet family, functional, “Lilo And west of “with its bright characters, which are found in a world that includes both foreigners in science fiction and felt the depth of human emotions.

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In fact, all the previous living movement in Disney re -imagined its classic films since the twentieth century, It ranges from “Snow White” To “beauty and monster”. Now, direct work (or, more accurately, “direct work with the help of CGI animation”) “Lilo & Stitch” Not only to become a box office tyrantBut it also represents the Disney’s first animation for the 2000 to receive a large budget transformation.

This moment looks like the original “Lilo & Stitch” in Pantheon of Disney’s greatest animated movies. In this way, it is interesting to know that Chris Sanders-who participated in his direction and participates in his writing “Lilo & Stitch” moving graphics, in addition to providing the iconic Stitch-did not initially imagine the project as a movie at all, as he explained in Oral history of the movie from the eagle.

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Hawaiian culture and landscapes are rooted in the “Lilo & Group” story so that it is difficult to imagine anywhere else. But in Vulture’s oral history of the film’s production, Chris Sanders told the story of how he originally created a concept of a completely different way and prepared:

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“17 years ago until I was exposed to” Lilo & Group “, I wanted to do a book for children about this small creature who lived in a forest. It was a little monster without any real explanation for what came from it. It was all about how to find a way of belonging. But after doing some drawings, I realized that the idea would be very difficult, as in the valves.

A stitch as a monster in the forest has a great meaning in the past, taking into account the number of fictional stories that follow a similar path. However, this was also the reason why Sanders and his collaborators decided to move in a different direction, in the end, fell into the idea of ​​being a foreign monster from another planet. Ultimately, this decision necessitated a change in the scene when Thomas Schumacher, a creative executive in Disney, noticed, “You don’t want him to live in a world full of animals that do not know what a strange thing. A foreigner among animals is not great like a foreigner among humans.”

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Sanders agreed, especially when Schumacher showed him the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands and the amazing groups of colors that can be found there. Sanders started writing down the concept, and in the process of creating this new strange, he found himself going to go to where the story started:

“I thought, if I said” foreign “, every person will have a different interpretation about what it is. So, I will do a book with drawings in it until they understand. I created, to some extent, the book of children.”

Over the following years, the team created the film from the far outfit of Disney Animation Studios (away from the eyes of the intrusive Honchos studio), and the results speak for itself. “Lilo & Stitch” lives through a constantly expanding series of movies, special shows, TV shows, and yes, Also children’s books.