"Can I Do It on Paper?": How "Lilo & Scratch" Brought Disney's Hand-Drawn Artists and CG Animators Into the Same Frame

"Can I Do It on Paper?": How "Lilo & Scratch" Brought Disney's Hand-Drawn Artists and CG Animators Into the Same Frame

Before a single character appears on screen, Lilo & Scratch makes a promise to longtime Disney Animation fans. The new Walt Disney Animation Studios short opens with the nostalgic blue castle logo, a sight that hasn't greeted audiences ahead of a new Disney Animation release in decades. "That surprisingly just...

‘Lilo & Scratch’: Disney Animation Blends 2D and 3D to Bring Back Stitch to the Big Screen in a New Short

The new animated short “Lilo & Scratch” immediately sets up audience expectations with its opening shot featuring a clip of the Three Stooges — expect comic hijinks, anarchy and cartoon destruction.For the first “Lilo & Stitch” project from Disney Animation since the original 2002 feature, and the first short from the unit in five years, directors Malcolm Pierce and Fawn Veerasunthorn ride the anarchy of the Stooges that lives in Stitch and intr…

Inside the Making of Lilo & Scratch, from Returning Talent to a New Animation Pipeline

Go behind the scenes of Lilo & Scratch, Disney Animation’s first theatrical short in five years, with a new pipeline blending 2D and CG animation.

Inside the Making of ‘Lilo & Scratch,’ from Returning Talent to a New Animation Pipeline

Inside the Making of ‘Lilo & Scratch,’ from Returning Talent to a New Animation Pipeline Entertainment November 13, 2026 Stitch has found himself in a sitch. Opening in front of Disney’s Hexed this Thanksgiving, Lilo & Scratch marks the first theatrical short from Walt Disney Animation Studios in five years. In it, the blue alien’s world is turned upside down when Lilo (voiced by Maia Kealoha, reprising her role from the 2025 live-action film …

Stitch Returns to the Big Screen In Lilo & Scratch

Go behind the scenes of Disney Animation’s Lilo & Scratch as the filmmakers reveal how they blended 2002 watercolor nostalgia with modern CG.

Lilo & Scratch Poster Puts A 4-Armed Stitch Over His New Rival Before The Short Hits Theaters With Hexed

Disney Animation shared a new look at Lilo & Scratch, its first Stitch project since 2002, which plays in theaters in front of Hexed later this month with Chris Sanders back as Stitch.