Lilo & Stitch 2 is happening and Chris Sanders, who directed the original and served as the voice of Stitch throughout the franchise, is writing the sequel.

Chris Sanders, the Wild Robot filmmaker who co-created, co-wrote and co-directed the 2002 animated Lilo & Stitch, is in final negotiations to return to the fold and pen the sequel to Disney’s live-action megahit.

After writing and directingthe 2002 animated pic, Chris Sanders is returning to pen the live-action sequel to the box-office smash hit Lilo & Stich 2. Sanders, who co-directed the original movie and portrayed Stitch,