‘Lilo & Stitch’ live-action remake in the works at Disney

LOS ANGELES — Disney has launched development on a remake of its animated comedy “Lilo & Stitch” as a live-action/CG hybrid movie.

Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing the remake with Mike Van Waes hired to write the script. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is co-producing. Lin and Eirich are producing Disney’s live-action “Aladdin,” due out in May with Will Smith starring.

Disney has not indicated whether “Lilo & Stitch” will be a standard theatrical release or for its yet-to-be-titled streaming service that is set to launch in 2019.