Hotel Transylvania
Created by	Todd Durham[1]
Owner	Sony Pictures Animation
Years	2012–present
Print publications
Graphic novel(s)	Kakieland Katastrophe (2017) My Little Monster-Sitter (2018) Motel Transylvania (2018)
Films and television
Film(s)	Hotel Transylvania (2012) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Short film(s)	Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) Puppy! (2017) Monster Pets (2021)
Animated series	Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020) Motel Transylvania (2027)
Games
Video game(s)	List of video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Hotel Transylvania (2012) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s)	List of attractions

Hotel Transylvania is an Americanmedia franchise created byTodd Durham and owned bySony Pictures Entertainment. It consists of four animated feature films, three short films, an animated television series, and several video games.

The first film,Hotel Transylvania, was released in September 2012, with two sequels,Hotel Transylvania 2 andHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, released in September 2015 and July 2018, respectively. The films have received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide against a combined production budget of $245 million. A fourth feature film titledHotel Transylvania: Transformania was released onAmazon Prime Video on January 14, 2022, which also received mixed reviews from critics. The series focuses on the adventures surrounding monsters who reside in the titular plaza hotel where they can relax and get away from humans due to fear of persecution.

Comedy writerTodd Durham came up with the concept ofHotel Transylvania.^[2] Durham, after creating thebible for a franchise of several films, television series, video games, books, merchandising, hotel chain, and theme park, took the package unsolicited toColumbia Pictures and set it up atSony Pictures Animation.^[3]

Hotel Transylvania is the first film of the franchise and it was released in theatres on September 28, 2012. It is about a human named Johnny (Andy Samberg), who accidentally stumbles upon the hotel and instantly falls in love with Dracula's teenage daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), and eventually dates her, despite Dracula (Adam Sandler) attempting to keep Johnny away from his daughter.

Hotel Transylvania 2 is the second film of the franchise and it was released in theatres on September 25, 2015. It is about Mavis and Johnny, who have a half-human/half-vampire son named Dennis. Mavis thinks Hotel Transylvania isn't the right place to raise Dennis and wants to raise him in California. When Dracula is disappointed that Dennis does not have any vampire abilities, he helps his friends make his grandson a vampire. Things get complicated when Dracula's father Vlad (Mel Brooks) shows up.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the third film of the franchise and it was released in theatres on July 13, 2018. It is about Dracula falling for Ericka (Kathryn Hahn), a great-granddaughter of monster hunterVan Helsing (Jim Gaffigan) while on a cruise ship with his family.^[4]

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is the fourth film of the franchise. It was released on streaming throughAmazon Prime Video on January 14, 2022. It is about Dracula, now voiced by Brian Hull, and Johnny teaming up to find a cure to turn themselves back into their old selves before their transformations become permanent.

In September 2024, Genndy Tartakovsky was asked in an interview with Collider about the possibility of a fifthHotel Transylvania film. While attending the SCAD AnimationFest, where he was being honored with an Award of Excellence, Tartakovsky stated that Sony might consider continuing the series if there is sufficient audience demand. He acknowledged the strong performance ofTransformania during its release on Amazon and indicated that further developments would depend on future interest.^[5] In January 2026, during an interview withKeegan-Michael Key at the83rd Golden Globe Awards, he confirmed that he was about to start work on a fifth film.^[6]

A television series based on the film premiered on June 25, 2017, and ended on October 29, 2020.^[7] Developed and produced byNelvana Limited, in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation, the prequel series focused on the 114/115 years of Mavis and her friends at the Hotel Transylvania.^[7]Sony Pictures Television handled distribution in the United States, while Nelvana distributed the series outside the United States.^[7] It aired on theDisney Channel worldwide.^[8]

In June 2024,Motel Transylvania, a television series set to debut onNetflix in 2025, was announced.^[9] The series is set to focus on Dracula and Mavis opening amotel for both humans and monsters somewhere in theCalifornia desert.^[10] In August 2025, it was revealed that Genndy Tartakovsky is involved with the series.^[11] On October 30, 2025, it was revealed that the release date of the series would be pushed back to sometime in 2027.^[12]

Goodnight Mr. Foot is a traditionally animated short film based onHotel Transylvania, featuring Bigfoot from the film. Premiering in time for Halloween, on October 26, 2012, the short was shown exclusively inRegal Entertainment Group Cinemas, before the theatrical shows ofHotel Transylvania. AsSony Pictures Animation's first traditionally animated film, it was written and directed byGenndy Tartakovsky himself, who also animated the short with the help ofRough Draft Studios inSouth Korea, whom previously worked on Tartakovsky's animated series onCartoon Network. Animated in the style ofBob Clampett,Tex Avery, andChuck Jones,^[13] Tartakovsky created the short in four weeks during the final production stages of the main film.^[14] Bigfoot (who had a non-speaking role inHotel Transylvania) was voiced byCorey Burton while theWitchMaid was voiced byRose Abdoo. Both voice actors provided additional voices inHotel Transylvania.^[15]

Taking place before the events ofHotel Transylvania, the short stars Bigfoot, whose rest in Hotel Transylvania is disturbed by an overly enthusiastic witch maid.^[13]

Puppy! is aCG-animatedfantasy comedyshort film based onHotel Transylvania, featuring Dennis (voiced by Asher Blinkoff) fromHotel Transylvania 2, with the additional voices of Selena Gomez, reprising her role as Mavis, Andy Samberg as Johnny, and Adam Sandler as Dracula. The film was written and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, and was shown in theaters alongsideThe Emoji Movie, which was released in the United States on July 28, 2017.^[16] The film is set in the hotel, as Dennis convinces Dracula to give him a monster-sized puppy named Tinkles, and the hotel learns to cope with it.^[17] The short is a sneak preview of the third film,Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which was released on July 13, 2018; Dracula's final line in the short, "I need a vacation...", further reinforces this.

Monster Pets is aHotel Transylvania short film featuring Dracula trying to find a pet companion for his lively puppy, Tinkles.^[18] The short was played exclusively atCinemark Theatres on the weekend following April 1, 2021, before select PG-rated films, and was released online on April 9, 2021.^[18] It was directed byJennifer Kluska andDerek Drymon, written by Kluska, and produced by Christian Roedel. The short marked the first time that Adam Sandler did not return to voice Dracula and was replaced by voice actor Brian Hull.^[18] Hull would reprise the role in the filmHotel Transylvania: Transformania.

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A social game based on the film, titledHotel Transylvania Social Game and made by Sony Pictures Interactive, was released on August 15, 2012. The game allows players to create their own Hotel Transylvania, where they must take care of the hotel's guests.^[41]

Another video game, titledHotel Transylvania, developed byWayForward Technologies and published by GameMill Entertainment, was released on September 18, 2012, forNintendo DS andNintendo 3DS at retail.^[42][43] The Nintendo 3DS version of the game was also released digitally in theNintendo eShop in North America on November 15, 2012.^[44]

A mobile game, titledHotel Transylvania Dash, developed by Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc. andPlayFirst, was released toiTunes App Store on September 20, 2012. The game is a variation ofHotel Dash and features the film's art and characters.^[45]

A mobile storybook game, titledHotel Transylvania BooClips Deluxe, developed by Castle Builders and Sony Pictures Animation, was released on theiTunes App Store, Nook Store, Google Play for Android, iBookstore, Microsoft's Metro, and for PC and Mac via BooClips, both in English and in Spanish, on September 20, 2012.^[46]

A third video game based onHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,Hotel Transylvania 3 Monsters Overboard, published byOutright Games, was released on July 13, 2018.^[47]

A video game based on the franchise,Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures, developed by Drakhar Studio and published by Outright Games, was released forMicrosoft Windows,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Nintendo Switch, andXbox One on March 11, 2022.

In December 2016, adark ride based on the franchise opened atMotiongate Dubai, inDubai,United Arab Emirates.^[48] In April 2021, another ride based on the film series opened atDream Island inMoscow, Russia.^[49] In October 2021, a new themed-land, based on the film franchise, opened atColumbia Pictures Aquaverse inSattahip,Chonburi,Thailand.^[50]

In September 2024,Genndy Tartakovsky was asked in an interview withCollider about the possibility of a fifthHotel Transylvania film. While attending the SCAD AnimationFest, where he was being honored with an Award of Excellence, Tartakovsky stated that Sony might consider continuing the series if there is sufficient audience demand. He acknowledged the strong performance ofTransformania during its release on Amazon and indicated that further developments would depend on future interest.^[51][52] In January 2026, during an interview withKeegan-Michael Key at the83rd Golden Globe Awards, he confirmed that he was about to start work on a fifth film.^[53]

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