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The Hotel Transylvania franchise consists of two theatrical films produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures, and several video games. A third theatrical film and a television series are in development.
Hotel Transylvania was released on September 28, 2012 and is about Count Dracula (played by Adam Sandler) and his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) at the hotel, they are meeting a human named Johnny (Andy Samberg) who Mavis instantly loves and eventually date each other, Dracula keeps Johnny away from his daughter.
Hotel Transylvania 2 was released on September 25, 2015, and is about Mavis and Johnny, who have a half-human/half-vampire son named Dennis and Mavis thinks Hotel Transylvania isn't the right place to raise Dennis while bring him back to Transylvania to raise him. When Dracula is so disappointed that Dennis does not have any vampire abilities, he helps his friends make his grandson a monster.
In November 2015, Sony Pictures Animation announced that Hotel Transylvania 3 will be released on September 21, 2018. Despite previously leaving the series to develop other projects, Genndy Tartakovsky will return as director for this installment.
A television series based on the film is scheduled to begin in early 2017. Developed and produced by Nelvana Limited, in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation, the series will focus on the teenage years of Mavis and her friends at the Hotel Transylvania.Sony Pictures Television will handle distribution in the United States, while Nelvana will distribute the series outside the United States. It will air on Disney Channel worldwide.
Goodnight Mr. Foot is a traditionally animated short film based on Hotel Transylvania, featuring Bigfoot from the film. Premiering in time for Halloween, on October 26, 2012, the short was shown exclusively in Regal Entertainment Group Cinemas, before the theatrical shows of Hotel Transylvania. As Sony Pictures Animation's first traditionally animated film, it was written and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky himself, who also animated the short with the help of Rough Draft Studios. Animated in the style of Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, Tartakovsky created the short in four weeks during the final production stages of the main film. Bigfoot (who has a non-speaking role in Hotel Transylvania) was voiced by Corey Burton while the Witch Maid was voiced by Rose Abdoo. Both voice actors provided additional voices in Hotel Transylvania.