Count Dracula a.k.a. “Drac” and the Pack are back for their fourth and final outing in Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.
The franchise, which marries classic monsters from literature and movies with hilarious hijinks at a hotel, and features an all-star voice cast, has raked in more than $1.3 billion globally (with a combined budget of $230 million) since the first comedy/fantasy Hotel Transylvania premiered in September 2012, spawning two sequels—Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation.
The franchise’s lovable monsters return for an all-new adventure that presents Drac (Brian Hull, stepping in for Adam Sandler who previously voiced the character) with his most terrifying task yet. He and his monster pals are transformed into humans, and the one human among them, Johnny (Andy Samberg), Drac’s son-in-law, becomes a monster.
Not only do the monsters have to cope with their new physical forms, they also lose use of their powers, so Drac and Johnny team up and race across the globe to find the antidote for their condition before it becomes permanent. Headstrong Mavis (Gomez) and the hilariously humanoid Drac Pack join them on their adventure. The film also features the voices of Kathryn Hahn (Ericka), Steve Buscemi (Wayne), Molly Shannon (Wanda), David Spade (Griffin the Invisible Man), Keegan-Michael Key (Murray), Fran Drescher (Eunice, the bride of Frankenstein), Brad Abrell (Frankenstein a.k.a. “Frank”) and Asher Blinkoff (Wesley the Wolf Pup).
Franchise creator Genndy Tartakovsky returns as one of the screenwriters and executive producers. Directed by Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska, the film is produced by Alice Dewey Goldstone and executive produced by Tartakovsky, Michelle Murdocca, and Gomez. The story is by Tartakovsky with a screenplay by Tartakovsky, Amos Vernon, Nunzio Randazzo.
Prime Video licensed worldwide streaming rights (excluding China) for Hotel Transylvania: Transformania from Sony Pictures Animation for a reported $100 million. The fourth installment will premiere worldwide in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video Jan. 14. The deal allows Sony to keep rights for home entertainment, linear television and Chinese exhibition.
