EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony-Award winner Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of Disney’s live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ in the role of Cobra Bubbles, Deadline has learned
It’s still unclear how the sequel’s plot will compare to the original 2002 animated film, that Hawaii-set story charted the friendship between a lonely girl named Lilo and the alien, Stitch, engineered to be a force of destruction.'Avatar: The Way Of Water' Finds Sea Of Green To Finish No. 1 In Deadline's 2022 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament
In the Disney animated movie which grossed over $273M WW, Bubbles is a former CIA agent turned social worker—though in an undercover way as he is still working for the government. The role was voiced originally by Ving Rhames in the films and various TV projects. The character was also voiced by Terrence C. Carson, Kevin Michael Richardson and Richard Epcar.
The Dean Fleischer Camp-directed live-action film for Disney+ was written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright from a previous draft by Mike Van Waes. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, with Ryan Halprin exec producing for the company.Lovecraft Country for playing attorney Johnnie Cochran. Vance’s feature credits includeamong several others. On TV, he’s starred inDisney didn’t respond for request for comment.
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