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Dracula's last box-office hit was in 2018 with Hotel Transylvania 3, showing a tough reality for the character in recent years. The success of the family-friendly Hotel Transylvania franchise reveals that less scary versions of Dracula can be huge successes. Recent live-action adaptations of Dracula, like Renfield and The Last Voyage of the Demeter, have been box-office flops, suggesting that modernizing Dracula is a challenging task.

Although Dracula is one of the most popular classic monsters in horror, he hasn’t had the best of luck on the big screen, and his last box-office hit happened five years ago. Vampires are some of the most beloved and popular creatures in literature and other media, and the most famous vampire is Dracula. Created by Bram Stoker, Dracula is believed to have been inspired by 15th-century Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Dracula. Dracula debuted in Stoker’s novel of the same name,...

Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania has been granted an April 3 theatrical release date in China. Sony last summer licensed the fourth installment in the successful franchise to Amazon worldwide, but retained China rights.

With the date now confirmed, Sony gets a month’s lead time on promotion and marketing in China where the previous films have grossed a combined $63M, including over $32M from 2018’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.

Although April 3 is a Sunday, it falls at the start of the Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which can be a lucrative box office period. Still, Transformania will arrive in China nearly three months after it was released on Amazon Prime Video in 240 other countries and territories.

The Hotel Transylvania franchise has grossed $1.36 billion worldwide, with each pic making more than its predecessor. Sony opted to go the Amazon route with this one to avoid...

"Hotel Transylvania: Transformania", directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon is the new CG-animated comedy feature produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, starring Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez,  Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Brian Hull, Fran Drescher, Brad Abrell and Asher Blinkoff, streaming January 14, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video:

"...when Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray', goes haywire, 'Drac' and his monster pals are all transformed into humans and 'Johnny' becomes a monster. 

"In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late and before they drive each other crazy. 

"With help from 'Mavis' and the 'Drac Pack', the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent..."

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Drac and the Pack are back, like you’ve never seen them before in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Reunite with your favorite monsters for an all-new adventure that presents Drac (Brian Hull) with his most terrifying task yet. When Van Helsing’s (Jim Gaffigan) mysterious invention, the ‘Monsterification Ray,’ goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny (Andy Samberg) becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late, and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis (Selena Gomez) and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent. The film also features the voices of Kathryn Hahn (Ericka), Steve Buscemi...

Twitch gamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins will make his animated movie debut, opposite Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg, in “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania,” the fourth installment in the hit family-friendly monster franchise.

Blevins, who has 17 million followers on Twitch, will play a character named Party Monster in the Sony Pictures Animation feature. He most recently made a cameo as himself in Ryan Reynolds’ action-comedy “Free Guy.” He also appeared on the second season of Fox’s reality music competition show “The Masked Singer” as “Ice Cream.” Blevins first gained wide attention in March 2018 when he played “Fortnite” with Drake, Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster on stream.

Directed by Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska, “Transformania” sees the return of Gomez as Mavis and Samberg as Johnny. In the new film, the monsters are turned into humans and humans become monsters after one of Van Helsing’s (Jim Gaffigan) inventions goes haywire. The cast also includes Brian Hull,...

"Being a human is the worst." Amazon Prime has debuted a final official trailer for Hotel Transylvania 4, also known as Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, continuing the popular animated series. This was picked up from Sony and will debut direct-to-streaming on Prime Video starting in January, despite a theatrical release in October (which was cancelled). In this one, Drac's family is turned into *gasp* regular people!! When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray,' goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. Drac loses his powers and they all need to find out a way to switch back before it gets out of hand! The main voice cast features: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Brian Hull, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell, Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan, and Molly Shannon. This doesn't look like it's the most exciting sequel,...

"Hotel Transylvania: Transformania", directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon is the new CG-animated monster comedy feature produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, starring Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez,  Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Brian Hull, Fran Drescher, Brad Abrell and Asher Blinkoff. streaming January 14, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video:

"...when Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray', goes haywire, 'Drac' and his monster pals are all transformed into humans and 'Johnny' becomes a monster. 

"In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late and before they drive each other crazy. 

"With help from 'Mavis' and the 'Drac Pack', the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent..."

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Amazon Prime Video will stream Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania on January 14 in 240 countries and territories.

The tech company licensed rights to the fourth installment in the franchise from Sony earlier this year, extending its opportunistic streak as Covid continues to disrupt the film marketplace. Deadline reported discussions with Amazon in August, which were aimed at enabling the film to avoid a head-to-head matchup with another major animated title, Addams Family 2. Both had been scheduled to come out in early October.

Sony, which is unique among major studios for not having its own streaming platform to supply, has made moves during the pandemic like selling Greyhound to Apple and reaching a major overall agreement with Netflix.

The Hotel Transylvania franchise has grossed $1.3 billion. The new outing features voice work by Selena Gomez, Brian Hull, Jim Gaffigan, Andy Samberg, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key,...

"Hotel Transylvania: Transformania", the new CG-animated comedy feature, is directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, starring Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell,  Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan and Molly Shannon, now playing in theaters:

"...when the 'Van Helsing' invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray', goes haywire, 'Drac' and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. 

"In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy. 

"With help from 'Mavis' and the hilariously human 'Drac Pack', the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent..." 

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"Hotel Transylvania: Transformania", is the new CG-animated feature directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, starring Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell,  Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan and Molly Shannon, opening theatrically July 23, 2021:

"...when the 'Van Helsing' invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray', goes haywire, 'Drac' and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. 

"In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy. 

"With help from 'Mavis' and the hilariously human 'Drac Pack', the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent..." 

Click the images to enlarge.... ...

Sony Pictures Releasing has launched a new trailer for the final chapter of ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformia’.

Drac and the pack are back like you’ve never seen them before. Reunite with your favourite monsters for an all-new adventure that presents Drac with his most terrifying task yet.

Griffin the Invisible Man (David Spade), Frank (Brad Abrell) Monster Johnny (Andy Samberg), Murray (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wayne (Steve Buscemi)

When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the ‘Monsterfication Ray,” goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on...

"Drac, you're not a vampire. The sun won't fry you now!" Sony Pictures has released the second trailer for Hotel Transylvania 4, also known as Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, continuing the popular animated franchise with yet another new story featuring Dracula and his family. "Drac's Pack is back, like you've never seen them before in the final chapter of the Hotel Transylvania franchise." They're turned into *gasp* regular people!! When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray,' goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. Drac loses his powers and they all need to find out a way to switch back before it gets out of hand! The extensive voice cast features: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Brian Hull, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell, Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan, and Molly Shannon. This is an improvement over the first trailer,...

The fourth and final installment in the “Hotel Transylvania” franchise, “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania,” will now debut during a far spookier month.

Previously dated for July 23, the Sony Pictures Animation film will now release on Oct. 1, kicking off the Halloween season. The movie will see Drac (Brian Hull) and the rest of the monsters embark on a brand-new adventure full of twists and turns. When a new invention created by Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan) transforms all the monsters into humans and Johnny (Andy Samberg) into a monster, they must work together to switch back before the change becomes permanent.

“Hotel Transylvania” franchise creator Genndy Tartakovsky is the screenwriter and executive producer of the film, which is directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon. Selena Gomez reprises her role as Drac’s daughter, Mavis, and also serves as an executive producer. “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” is also executive produced by Michelle Murdocca and produced by Alice Dewey Goldstone.

"Hotel Transylvania: Transformania", the upcoming CG-animated feature directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, stars Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell,  Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan and Molly Shannon, opening theatrically July 23, 2021:

"...when the 'Van Helsing' invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray', goes haywire, 'Drac' and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. 

"In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy. 

"With help from 'Mavis' and the hilariously human 'Drac Pack', the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent..." 

Click the images to enlarge.... ...

The monsters’ time is coming to end! Sony Pictures Releasing UK has debuted a new trailer for the final instalment of ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformia.’

Drac and the pack are back like you’ve never seen them before. Reunite with your favourite monsters for an all-new adventure that presents Drac with his most terrifying task yet.

When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the ‘Monsterfication Ray,” goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.

The first trailer for Hotel Transylvania: Transformania has arrived and it gives us a fresh look at the final installment of the franchise. Directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, the film features the vocal talents of Brian Hull (replacing Adam Sandler), Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Keegan-Micahel Key, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell, Fran Drescher,…...

Drac and the pack are back, like you’ve never seen them before in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Reunite with your favorite monsters for an all-new adventure that presents Drac with his most terrifying task yet.

When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the ‘Monsterfication Ray,” goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late, and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.

The voice-cast includes Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Brian Hull, Asher Blinkoff,...

"It's like Freaky Friday, but on a Tuesday, though..." Sony Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for Hotel Transylvania 4, also known as Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, continuing the popular animated franchise with yet another new story featuring Dracula and his family. "Drac's Pack is back, like you've never seen them before in the final chapter of the Hotel Transylvania franchise." They're turned into *gasp* regular people!! When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the 'Monsterfication Ray,' goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. Drac loses his powers and they all need to find out a way to switch back before it gets out of hand! The extensive voice cast features: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Brian Hull, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell, Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan, and Molly Shannon. Made by Sony Pictures Animation,...

The official trailer has arrived for Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, the fourth and final installment of the Hotel Transylvania franchise. On Friday, a new teaser for the animated movie sequel was dropped along with the promise of the official trailer also coming on Monday. Ahead of the movie's premiere this summer, the trailer has now made its way online, and you can watch the video below.

While most of the voice cast is returning from the previous three movies, the voice of Dracula will now be played by Brian Hull. Previously, Sony tested the waters with Hull by having him voice Dracula in Monster Pets, an animated short film created to help promote the upcoming sequel. At the time, Hull posted about his casting in the short on Twitter, but it wasn't clear that he'd also be voicing the vampire in the movie with Adam Sandler not returning.

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A new teaser has been released for the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania ahead of the full trailer's premiere on Monday. Serving as the fourth and final installment of the Hotel Transylvania movie series, the sequel is scheduled to be released in the United States this summer. While we've previously gotten a teaser poster, the trailer has yet to be revealed, but a new teaser video to wait for the official trailer to arrive on Monday. You can watch the teaser below.

Set your wakeup call for Monday! ⏰ The hotel is about to see some monstrous changes.

Celebrate National Pet Day 2021 with the new adorable Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short.

Drac’s lovable, monster-sized puppy, Tinkles, has more energy than ever and just wants to play ball! Unfortunately, Drac is too busy juggling his duties at the hotel, so he is determined to find a monster pet companion for his huge furry friend. After a series of mismatches, Drac’s plan goes awry when Tinkles chooses a very unlikely companion.

Hotel Transylvania 4 is heading to theaters this summer!

Drac’s Pack is back, like you’ve never seen them before. Hotel Transylvania: Transformania will be the final chapter of the successful franchise from Sony Pictures Animation, with the first three installments grossing over $1.3 billion at the global box office. Franchise creator Genndy Tartakovsky returns as screenwriter and executive producer, alongside Michelle Murdocca and Selena Gomez, who will also reprise her role as Dracula’s daughter,...

I've actually enjoyed the first two films in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and this third movie Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation looks like it will be just as fun. The fact that Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack) came back to write and direct it is a big plus. I like his silly comedy style.

Sony Pictures Animation has released a new trailer for the film which features the group of monsters taking a cruise for a little vacation, but Dracula (Adam Sandler) is less than thrilled until he falls for the Captain of the ship, who happens to be related to Van Helsing!

The movie also includes Mavis (Selena Gomez), Johnny (Andy Samberg), Griffin the invisible man (David Spade), Wanda (Molly Shannon) and Wayne (Steve Buscemi) the werewolves, Murray the mummy (Keegan-Michael Key), Dennis (Asher Blinkoff), Frank (Kevin James) and Eunice (Fran Drescher), and Blobby. Here's the synopsis:

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I don't know about you, but I actually really enjoyed the first two films in the Hotel Transylvania franchise. Samurai Jack director Genndy Tartakovsky has done a great job with these movies and he has come back to make a third! Today we have a couple trailers for Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation for you to watch and it looks like it will be another fun sequel!

This time around all of the monsters end up taking a little vacation on a cruise. That includes Dracula (Adam Sandler), Mavis (Selena Gomez), Johnny (Andy Samberg), Griffin the invisible man (David Spade), Wanda (Molly Shannon) and Wayne (Steve Buscemi) the werewolves, Murray the mummy (Keegan-Michael Key), Dennis (Asher Blinkoff), Frank (Kevin James) and Eunice (Fran Drescher), and Blobby. Here's the synopsis:

In Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, join our favorite monster family as they embark on a vacation...

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Here’s a first look at Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania 3. In the new image, the whole Drac pack is back for a monster vacation as Griffin the invisible man (David Spade), Wanda (Molly Shannon) & Wayne (Steve Buscemi) the werewolves, Murray the mummy (Keegan-Michael Key), Dennis (Asher Blinkoff), Dracula (Adam Sandler), Mavis (Selena Gomez) & Johnny (Andy Samberg), Frank (Kevin James) & Eunice (Fran Drescher), and Blobby get ready for a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship.

In Sony Pictures Animation’s animated feature, Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel, and the rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist tagging along. The monsters are all having a great time, indulging in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer,...

The barrage of nonstop sitcom idiocy is nigh on unendurable. A father plotting against his daughter as touching and uplifting? Way worse. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): hate Adam Sandler

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Imagine if Adam Sandler took his galling and appalling Grown Ups franchise and redid it as a cartoon. Well, you don’t have to imagine, because that’s what his Hotel Transylvania franchise is. Sandler here is the voice and very much the attitude of the vampire Dracula, who runs a hotel in Transylvania, because monsters need to get away from the daily grind too. (Sandler is also cowriter, with Robert Smigel, and an executive producer. The director is the series’ returning TV cartoon vet Genndy Tartakovsky.) In the first movie, the hotel opened up to nonmonsters, partly as a result of human Jonathan (the...

Adam Sandler is back on voice duties for Hotel Transylvania 2 - but is the film an upgrade on the first?

Once upon a time, in a haunted castle deep within a forest in foreboding Transylvania, a goofy slacker named Jonathan (Andy Samberg) fell in love with a beautiful vampire named Mavis (Selena Gomez). They zing with each other despite Mavis's father Dracula (Adam Sandler) and friends against the union at first. Later, the monsters come to terms with the human/vampire love affair after coming out of the monster closet, so to speak, and revealing to the world their existence. Imagine their surprise to find out that people love them, and normal humans are flocking to stay at the titular Hotel Transylvania.

Like all couples in movie sequels, Jonathan and Mavis have moved past the honeymoon stage and have gone straight to the parenthood stage, with the pair having...

It’s been three years since the original Hotel Transylvania released back in 2012, with a Dracula-in-the-hospitality-industry monster mash-up that made some fervent little fans out of the army of monstrosities on screen and, more importantly to Sony, resulted in a higher-than-expected box office gross. Which is why we’re here now, with Hotel Transylvania 2 picking up a few years after the events of the first movie and throwing the expected cadre of things that go bump in the night into a new paradigm: parenthood.

Just like its predecessor, the new movie is sweet and broadly humorous, but that’s also sort of the problem. It’s so preoccupied with a simplistic – if nonetheless laudatory – message of tolerance and acceptance, and its jokes are so slapsticky, that it constantly bars itself from being anything other than an Adam Sandler-and-gang movie that’s actually watchable. Which is a feat unto itself,...

'Hotel Transylvania 2.' 'Hotel Transylvania 2' far surpasses expectations at domestic box office: Adam Sandler a hit when heard but not seen Adam Sandler has been having his share of domestic box office flops lately. Chris Columbus' Pixels, which opened in late July to scathing reviews and indifferent audiences, was the latest one: a reported $88 million production (plus marketing and distribution expenses) that earned $76.67 million in the U.S. and Canada (plus an estimated $145.1 million elsewhere). But now comes the Sony Pictures release Hotel Transylvania 2, the concisely titled sequel to the late Sept. 2012 hit Hotel Transylvania. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the $80-85 million-budgeted animated feature should open around $48 million from 3,754 theaters according to early weekend box office estimates found at Deadline.com. The report adds that some “rival studio box office analysts” believe Hotel Transylvania 2 may actually pass the $50 million mark. On Friday, Sept. 25, '15, it collected a better than expected (estimated) $13.5 million.