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

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.

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

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Sadly, Captain Gantu isn’t featured at all in the new Lilo and Stitch movie, but according to the director, there’s a good reason why.