Today is 626 Day, or Stitch Day. Every June 26 (6/26), fans celebrate Experiment 626. This year, there is an even more exciting reason to celebrate this day! Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced a new animated short that features Stitch. This will be appearing later this year in front of its next animated film, Hexed.
The new short will see Stitch potentially meeting his match. Called Lilo & Scratch, this new animated short appears to show what happens when a cat enters the picture. There aren’t many details being shared at this point about the short. Presumably, it will revolve around Lilo, Stitch, and a new kitten named Scratch. While details are light currently, a poster was revealed. Check it out here:
Hexed and Lilo & Scratch will be arriving in theaters on November 25th. Recently, a trailer was released for Hexed. It can be seen here:
Hexed Official Description
The first trailer and poster for Disney’s “Hexed,” an all-new magical coming-of-age saga releasing in theaters November 25, are now available. The original animated film is Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 65th animated feature.
Joining previously announced voice cast members Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones are seven-time Emmy Award® winner Tracey Ullman (“The Tracey Ullman Show,” “Tracey Takes On…,” “Bullets Over Broadway,” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”), who voices the enchanted feather quill pen Ms. Quill, and Stephen Fry (“Gosford Park,” “Wilde,” “Jeeves and Wooster,” “V for Vendetta,” “The Hobbit” trilogy) as the magical journal Elias Quire.
The new trailer introduces the impulsive and unconventional teenage girl Billie (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) and her cautious mother, Alice (voiced by Rashida Jones). When Billie accidentally unleashes secret magical abilities, she’s hurtled out of suburbia and into a magical realm called Hexe, where she’s greeted by Ms. Quill (voiced by Tracey Ullman) and Elias Quire (voiced by Stephen Fry). As Billie’s spectacle-filled journey unfolds, she uncovers family mysteries that could change the magical world of witches forever.
Director Fawn Veerasunthorn said, “A wonderfully strange phenomenon is happening all around Billie, something she can’t explain. She’s someone who has felt miscast in her own life, and it takes leaving her normal world behind and entering a hidden world of wild, unhinged magic to begin to understand herself.”
“Hexe is a place where Billie begins to feel seen for the first time in her life,” director Jason Hand said. “She embarks on a journey of self-discovery that reveals a powerful connection to magic, and in the process uncovers long-held secrets about her family.”
Disney’s “Hexed” is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, co-directed by Josie Trinidad, and produced by Roy Conli and Yvett Merino. The film opens exclusively in theaters November 25, 2026.
What do you think of this new animated short? Are you looking forward to seeing it? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
