{"id":63621,"date":"2025-03-16T01:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=63621"},"modified":"2025-03-16T01:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:20:23","slug":"why-wasnt-gantu-in-the-2025-live-action-lilo-stitch-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/why-wasnt-gantu-in-the-2025-live-action-lilo-stitch-trailer\/63621\/","title":{"rendered":"Why wasn\u2019t Gantu in the 2025 live action \u2018Lilo & Stitch\u2019 trailer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0d9c205f-6fbd-4e79-919c-434ce55a0d40\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"534\">The first trailer for Disney\u2019s live-action <em data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"160\">Lilo & Stitch<\/em> just dropped, and let\u2019s just say\u2014opinions are all over the place. On one hand, young actress Maia Kealoha as Lilo has completely won hearts, and fans are loving how vibrant and chaotic Stitch looks. The Hawaiian setting is gorgeous, and the core themes of family and belonging are intact. But amid the excitement, some fans have noticed a rather <em data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"512\">big<\/em> omission\u2014literally.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"534\">\n<h3 data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"574\"><strong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"572\">Wait\u2026 where\u2019s Captain Gantu?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"926\">If you\u2019ve watched the original 2002 animated movie, you know Captain Gantu is a pretty big deal. He\u2019s the massive, deep-voiced alien officer who\u2019s obsessed with capturing Stitch. He\u2019s not just a villain; he\u2019s a key part of the movie\u2019s climax. If he hadn\u2019t kidnapped Lilo, we wouldn\u2019t have had that nail-biting chase scene that made us all emotional.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"1175\">Yet, despite the trailer showcasing Lilo, Nani, Cobra Bubbles, Jumba, Pleakley, and, of course, Stitch causing chaos\u2014Gantu is <em data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1063\">nowhere<\/em> to be seen. This hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed, with fans taking to social media to ask: <em data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1173\">Did Disney cut out Gantu?!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lilo & Stitch | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 23\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWqJifMMgZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1223\"><strong data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1221\">Is Captain Gantu still in the movie?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1709\">Thankfully, there\u2019s no need to panic. According to reports from <em data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1300\">DisInsider<\/em>, Gantu <strong data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1314\">is<\/strong> in the film. While Disney hasn\u2019t officially confirmed who\u2019s voicing him, multiple sources suggest that Kevin Michael Richardson will be reprising his role. If that name rings a bell, it\u2019s because he was the <em data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1532\">original<\/em> voice of Gantu in the 2002 movie, as well as in its sequels and TV series. His deep, commanding voice made Gantu one of the most memorable Disney villains of the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1709\">\n<h3 data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1753\"><strong data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1751\">Why wasn\u2019t Gantu in the trailer?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"2126\">That\u2019s still a mystery. Some fans speculate that Disney is keeping his reveal under wraps for a future trailer. Others think his CGI design might not be fully polished yet\u2014after all, he\u2019s a towering alien who looks like a humanoid shark, which could be tricky to pull off in live-action. There\u2019s also the possibility that his role in the story has been slightly tweaked.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2429\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For now, all we can do is wait and see. <em data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2183\">Lilo & Stitch<\/em> is set to hit theaters on <strong data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2226\">May 23, 2025<\/strong>, so Disney still has plenty of time to showcase Gantu. Until then, fans will be keeping their eyes peeled for any updates\u2014and hoping that this live-action adaptation does justice to the beloved classic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney\u2019s Lilo & Stitch live-action trailer has fans talking \u2013 but where\u2019s Captain Gantu?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":63622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[24873,24874],"class_list":["post-63621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-lilo-and-stitch","tag-lilo-and-stitch-trailer"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}