T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Disney Studios StudioLAB have revealed how T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network played a key role in the production of the upcoming live-action *Lilo & Stitch*, hitting theaters May 23. The collaboration enabled filmmakers to instantly transfer high-resolution footage from the Hawaiian set to Disney's Burbank studios, streamlining editing, collaboration, and overall production efficiency.
The use of T-Mobile's 5G — including capabilities like **network slicing** and **private networks** — gave the production team ultra-fast speeds and low latency, eliminating the need for traditional wired connections. The result was quicker location scouting, faster scene transfers, and more seamless communication with remote teams.
“Solutions from T-Mobile help us manufacture more time for the filmmaker,” said Josh Haynie, VP of Production Technology at The Walt Disney Studios.
T-Mobile’s Mo Katibeh added that the network’s speed and flexibility open doors to filming in once-unreachable locations, effectively “reshaping the way video content can be captured.”
To celebrate the partnership and the film’s release, T-Mobile launched a new promotional campaign featuring Stitch.
The new *Lilo & Stitch*, directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, stars Sydney Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Courtney B. Vance, and newcomer Maia Kealoha as Lilo. The screenplay is by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, and the film is produced by Jonathan Eirich and Dan Lin.
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