Disney confirmed recent footage for Hexed on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition on Friday and premiered a shock theatrical brief reprising the beloved 2002 character Sew in animated kind.
Entitled Lilo & Scratch, it brings again Sew and Lilo alongside a brand new rescue-cat character intent on consuming Pudge the fish.
Chris Sanders, who voiced Sew within the unique 2002 animation Lilo & Sew and 2025 stay motion reboot, reprises his position within the brief. He’s joined by his 2025 stay motion co-star Maia Kealoha for the voice of Lilo.
The brief will run theatrically alongside Hexed which is slated for a November 25 launch.
Disney administrators Jason Hand, Fawn Veerasunthorn and Malcon Pierce took to the stage for Friday’s session which additionally showcased prolonged footage for Hexed.
“The unique movie has made such a huge effect on our inventive journey and the identical goes for most of the artists on our group who reached out to us after they heard we had been pitching a Sew brief,” mentioned Veerasunthorn
“Not solely did we assemble all of the Lilo & Sew followers on the studio, this group of animation nerds like us additionally set to work with the artists who truly labored on the unique movie,” she added.
“We now have the unbelievable success to work alongside the unique supervising animator for Sew, Mr. Alex Cooper Schmidt… he’s at all times reminding us it is a cartoon. Push it very, very far. What are you afraid for?”
The session premiered the open scenes of the movie because the cat is launched to the house by Lilo, who then heads out, leaving Sew to cope with the furry arrival with a demonic streak. Disney later launched the poster artwork. Scroll down for a primary look.
The second a part of the session was dedicated to Hexed, the story of teenager Billie and her strict single mother who uncover that she has unknown magical powers that can flip their lives the wrong way up.
Most the clips had been of early scenes within the movie as Billie turns into conscious of her magical powers and is then sucked right into a wooded portal resulting in the land of Hexe, the place she is welcomed by Ms. Quill and Elias Quire, voiced by Tracey Ullman and Stephen Fry respectively.
“We’re having a lot enjoyable creating these enchanted objects and so fortunate to have performing royalty taking part in these roles,” mentioned Hand.
Poster for Lilo & Scratch
Walt Disney Studios
