Hawaiian-Native Sydney Agudong Cast as Nani in Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’

News April 13, 2023 5:38 pm Caleb Williams

Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that actress Sydney Agudong has been cast Nani in Disney’s upcoming Lilo & Stitch live-action movie. We at Knight Edge Media revealed newcomer Maia Kealoha will be playing her younger sister Lilo last month. They join Zach Galifianakis and Billy Magnussen in the cast. Agudong has appeared in NCIS, Infamously in Love, On My Block, and the feature film West Michigan. The film will be produced by Dan Lin and Ryan Halprin (Avatar: The Last Airbender) at Rideback Ranch. Dean Fleischer Camp will helm the film.

Lilo & Stitch will stream exclusively on Disney+

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media. Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

Throughout his film reporting career, Caleb Williams has been given full press credentials for many nerdy movie and TV conventions, including San Diego Comic-Con, Las Vegas CinemaCon, and Phoenix Fan Fusion. He also has early press access to many upcoming streaming projects for review on Knight Edge Media.