Commercial flood due for 'Lilo & Stitch'

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor

Lilo will be everywhere when the Disney movie is released. Walt Disney Pictures

According to producer Clark Spencer, you can expect:

• Dozens of movie-related books, including a coffee-table volume.
• A soundtrack CD featuring a cut titled "He Mele No Lilo," performed in Hawaiian by the children's choir from Kamehameha Schools, and a chant composed by former Honolulu resident Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu, who lives in Oakland. The soundtrack also will boast six classic Elvis Presley cuts, including "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Devil in Disguise," "Suspicious Minds," "Blue Hawai'i" and "Stuck on You," with Wynonna Judd doing a "cover" of "Burning Love" (over the end credits).
• Bobble-head dolls of "Lilo & Stitch" characters from McDonald's, part of a Happy Meals campaign.
• Hawaiian Airlines promotions.
• Hilo Hattie tie-ins.
• Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel tie-ins.
• Dole Foods promotions.
• Assorted Disney merchandise, from T-shirts to dolls, from keychains to stationery, from decals to coffee mugs, all with "Lilo & Stitch" logos and character images.