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.

Chris Sanders is sticking with "Lilo & Stitch." The filmmaker, who wrote and directed the original animated feature (with partner Dean DeBlois) for Disney and who has voiced the character through dozens of projects,

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