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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGenndy Tartakovsky
Written by
Produced byMichelle Murdocca
Starring
Edited byJoyce Arrastia
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[2]
Release dates
  • June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13) (AIAFF)
  • July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65 million[4][5]

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (known internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation)[7] is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the third installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and the sequel to Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). The film is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers, and features Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, and Mel Brooks reprising their roles as well as new additions to the cast like Kathryn Hahn and Jim Gaffigan.

Taking place a few months after the events of the previous film, the story centers on Dracula, Mavis, Johnny, and the rest of their family, both human and monster, and friends as they take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula suddenly becomes attracted to the ship's mysterious captain Ericka. What Dracula doesn't know is that Erika is secretly the great-granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer and Dracula's ancient archenemy.[8] Now it is time for Mavis to be the leader of the "Drac Pack" and rally up everyone so they can stop Erika and save Dracula, before it's too late.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 13, 2018 and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 13, 2018.

Plot

The film starts in 1897 where it shows the monsters on the train in disguises trying to hide from the humans while going to Budapest. Until Abraham Van Helsing arrives on the train and unveil the monsters. The monsters get on top of the train and get chased by him. After Dracula pushes them off the train he seemingly defeats Van Helsing after a couple of failures throughout the years.

In the present day, a few months after the events of the previous film, Dracula is running his hotel business smoothly when Mavis (Selena Gomez) announces to him that they will be going on a cruise so he can get a vacation from giving vacations. The next day Dracula, Mavis, Johnny (Andy Samberg) and the rest of their family goes on board the cruise ship. Everyone has fun on board when Dracula accidentally bumps into the ship's captain, Erika (Kathryn Hahn) who is a human. He immediately becomes attracted to her and asks her out on a date in the ship's dining room.

Mavis realises that Erika is secretly the great granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing when she finds an old photograph of Erika as an infant in the arms of Van Helsing. Mavis teams up with Johnny and the rest of the pack to try and find Dracula on the ship and save him from Erika. Meanwhile, at the dining room, Dracula agitates Erika by telling a story of how Van Helsing fell flat on his face when Dracula was chasing him. As Dracula laughs hysterically about it, Erika has had enough and gives Dracula some perfume as a gift. He sprays himself but only then realises it's actually garlic perfume. He starts having a seizure and is taken away by her.

Mavis and the pack eventually track down Erika who has Dracula tied up with garlic surrounding him. Mavis tries to talk Erika out of her plan to kill Dracula, but the fridge door swings open revealing Abraham Van Helsing himself who says he has been in a cryogenic sleep. He pulls out his proton pack to shoot all the monsters, when Dennis and Winnie sneak up behind him and give him a wedgie which causes him to fall over. Dracula gets freed and confronts both Erika and Abraham. He tells them that this vacation is about family and the monsters are no different from the humans. Erika agrees and goes with Dracula. Dracula tells Abraham he can choose to be a loving great grandfather to redeem himself and understand the love for family. Dracula and Erika both hug him which changes his heart and he hugs them back. Everyone is then seen having a party on the deck and dancing.

Months later back at Hotel Transylvania, Dracula proposes to Erika. After stuttering in a similar fashion to her boyfriend when they first met, she happily accepts.

Voice cast

Main article: List of Hotel Transylvania characters
  • Adam Sandler as Count Dracula: The 540-year-old lord of the vampires and founder of Hotel Transylvania. Dracula is the son of Vlad, husband of the late Martha, father of Mavis, father-in-law of Johnny, maternal grandfather of Dennis, and Erika's love interest.
  • Andy Samberg as Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran: A 29-year-old human, who is Mavis's husband and Dennis' father.[9]
  • Selena Gomez as Mavis: The 126-year-old daughter of Dracula and the late Martha, and the granddaughter of Vlad. She is the wife of Johnny, and the couple have a child named Dennis.
  • Kevin James as Frankenstein:[10] The monster famously created from reanimated dead tissue, by Dr. Frankenstein. His friends call him "Frank".
  • David Spade as Griffin, the Invisible Man[10]
  • Steve Buscemi as Wayne: A werewolf who's overwhelmed by his large number of children.[10]
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Murray: An ancient mummy.[10]
  • Molly Shannon as Wanda: Wayne's werewolf wife.[10]
  • Fran Drescher as Eunice: Frankenstein's wife.[10]
  • Kathryn Hahn as Erika Van Helsing: The ship's captain and cruise director. She is secretly continuing her great-grandfather's wishes, in eliminating monsters and is Dracula's love interest.
  • Jim Gaffigan as Abraham Van Helsing: Ericka's great-grandfather who is a legendary monster hunter and Dracula's archenemy.
  • Mel Brooks as Vlad: An ancient, more experienced and traditional vampire, who is Dracula's father, the grandfather of Mavis, the grandfather-in-law of Johnny, and the great-grandfather of Dennis.
  • Asher Blinkoff as Dennis Loughran: Mavis and Johnny's 5-year-old son who is a human/vampire hybrid, inheriting a combination of traits from his parents. He has a crush on his best friend, Winnie.
  • Sadie Sandler as Winnie: The werewolf daughter of Wayne and Wanda. Winnie is Dennis's best friend, and she has a crush on him.
  • Genndy Tartakovsky as Blobby: A green blob monster.[11] He was previously voiced by Jonny Solomon in Hotel Transylvania 2.
  • Chrissy Teigen as Crystal: An invisible woman who is Griffin's new girlfriend.[12]
  • Joe Jonas as Kraken: A giant sea monster.
  • Alison Hammond as Frankenginger[13]
  • Chris Parnell as Stan: A Fish-man, Parnell previously voiced the Fly in the first two films.
  • Joe Whyte as Tinkles: Dennis' giant pet puppy.
  • Sarah Vowell as Lynne: Frank's Sister In Law and Enuice's Sister.

Production

In September 2015, Michelle Murdocca, the film's producer, said before the second film's release that the studio was "talking about number 3 and moving forward and taking the franchise to the next level", but she and director Genndy Tartakovsky would not return, since they were working on Tartakovsky's Can You Imagine?[14] before that project was later shelved.[15] That same month, Tartakovsky revealed that he would not be returning for the sequel, telling TheWrap that "two is enough. I have a lot of other ideas, and I kind of have to express them and have them come out."[16] In November 2015, Sony Pictures Animation announced that the third film, under the tentative title of Hotel Transylvania 3, will be released on September 21, 2018.[17]

Despite previously leaving the series to develop other projects, Tartakovsky later confirmed that he would return as the director for this installment.[9][14] Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Andy Samberg would also reprise their previous roles as Dracula, Mavis, and Johnny in the film, which was being written by Austin Powers writer Michael McCullers.[9] In June 2016, Sony Pictures Animation also confirmed that director Tartakovsky would be returning for the third film, after taking a leave of absence to work on the final season of his show Samurai Jack.[18] According to Tartakovsky, he returned after he got an inspiration from a "miserable" family vacation and major inspiration for the film from the Chevy Chase National Lampoon's Vacation movies as the film would take place aboard a cruise ship.[19][20][21] By early November 2017, the film had been entitled as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.[22]

Music

Mark Mothersbaugh scored the third film, since he previously scored the first two films.

Release

Summer Vacation was originally scheduled for release on September 21, 2018, which was later moved two months earlier to July 13, 2018.[23][24] A video game adaptation, titled Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows on July 13, 2018.[25] On June 21, 2018, Amazon announced it was offering its Amazon Prime members an early showing of the film on June 30 at about 1,000 theaters, similar to fellow Sony release Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle the previous December.[26]

Marketing

The first teaser trailer was released online on November 16, 2017.[27][28] The official trailer for the film was released on March 21, 2018.[29] A 95-second sneak peek of the film was released online via Sony Pictures Entertainment's YouTube channel on May 7, 2018.[30]

Box office

In the United States and Canada, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation will be released alongside Skyscraper and is projected to gross $40–45 million in its opening weekend.[26]

References

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  8. ^ Moore, Debi (18 January 2017). "Synopsis and More Details on Hotel Transylvania 3 - Dread Central". Dread Central. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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  14. ^ a b Roberts, Sheila (September 25, 2015). "20 Things to Know About 'Hotel Transylvania 2′". Collider. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  15. ^ Wills, Scott (July 8, 2017). "Story pitch art for a Genndy Tartakovsky feature that didn't get made. Characters designed by Craig Kellman". Instagram. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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  18. ^ Kit, Borys (June 20, 2016). "Sony Unveils Plans for Animated 'Spider-Man' and 'Emojimovie: Express Yourself'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  19. ^ Grobar, Matt (January 18, 2017). "Sony Pictures Animation Details Upcoming Slate, Including Julia Roberts' 'Smurfs' Role". Deadline. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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  23. ^ Lesnick, Silas (November 2, 2015). "Hotel Transylvania 3 Opens Its Doors in 2018!". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  24. ^ "Sony Pictures 2018 Schedule Shifts Hotel Transylvania, Bad Boys, Goosebumps and More". February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  25. ^ Imtiaz, Khurram. "Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard Announced For PS4, Xbox One, PC And Switch". Gearnuke. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  26. ^ a b McNary, Dave (June 21, 2018). "'Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation' on Track for $40 Million-Plus Opening". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  27. ^ "Drac Goes Hawaiian for New 'Hotel Transylvania 3' Poster; Trailer Tomorrow - Bloody Disgusting". bloody-disgusting.com. November 15, 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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  29. ^ "HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION - Official Trailer #2 (HD)". YouTube. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  30. ^ "HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION – Sneak Peek". YouTube. May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
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