Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2024 film)

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (released internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation) is an upcoming American animated monster comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Jim Henson Company and release by Walt Disney Pictures. It will be a upcoming of Disney animated feature film, and the sequel to Hotel Transylvania: Escape 2 Internet (2018), it was directed by Joel Crawford, written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and features Adam Sandler, Ryan Reynolds, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Sadie Sandler, Jack McBrayer, Keegan-Michael Key, Asher Blinkoff, Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Rachel Bloom, Sarah Silverman, Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba reprising their roles, with new additions to the cast including Anya Taylor-Joy, J. K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Joe Jonas, Kate Hudson, Joe Whyte, Tara Strong and Crawford, while Chris Parnell, who voiced The Fly in the first two films, voices Stan.

Discussions for a third Hotel Transylvania film began following its second film release and was announced in January 2022 to be released on November 22, 2024 before being pushed forward for a June 2024 release date. Despite initially leaving the franchise due to his work on Can You Imagine? before eventually being shelved, with Crawford confirmed in June 2022 after receiving inspiration from a "miserable" family vacation and the Chevy Chase National Lampoon's Vacation movies. Paul and Daurio was brought on board to write the film, previously doing the second film, while the rest of the voice cast, including Sandler, Samberg, and Gomez, reprised their roles. The official title was revealed in November 2023.

Premise
In the film, Dracula embarks on a vacation on a luxury cruise liner with his family and friends.

Cast

 * Adam Sandler as Count "Drac" Dracula, Mavis' father, Count Vlad's youngest son, and Dennis’ maternal grandfather. Centuries after the demise of his beloved wife Martha, he ultimately falls for a human woman and proposes to her.
 * J. K. Simmons as the Wolf / Death, a black hooded wolf who is initially presumed to be a bounty hunter before revealing his true identity to Dracula, who he wants to personally kill as punishment for Dracula defeating Van Helsing as his job is to deal with the dead. He wields twin sickles that combine into a double-bladed glaive.
 * Ryan Reynolds as Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran, Mavis' husband, Dracula's son-in-law, and Dennis' human father.
 * Selena Gomez as Mavis Dracula, Drac's daughter, Johnny's wife, and Dennis' vampire mother, from whom he inherited his vampire abilities which he first developed on his fifth birthday, as do all pureblood vampires.
 * Kevin James as Frankenstein, Drac's friend who hangs with Murray.
 * Jack McBrayer as Griffin, Drac, Frank, Wayne and Murray's invisible friend.
 * John C. Reilly as Wayne, a werewolf who is friends with Drac, Frank, Murray and Griffin.
 * Keegan-Michael Key as Murray, a mummy who hangs with Frank. Murray was previously voiced by CeeLo Green in the first film.
 * Maya Rudolph as Wanda, Wayne's werewolf wife who is friends with Eunice.
 * Fran Drescher as Eunice, Frank's wife who is friends with Wanda.
 * Asher Blinkoff as Dennis "Dennisovitch" Dracula-Loughran, Mavis and Johnny's dhampir son, Dracula's grandson, and Winnie's love interest. He has his mother's blue eyes and extraordinarily strong vampire abilities, and his father's orange hair and freckles.
 * Steve Carell as Phil Betterman, the patriarch of the Bettermans who had a history with Johnny's parents.
 * Kristen Wiig as Hope Betterman, the matriarch of the Bettermans and Phil's wife.
 * Sarah Silverman as Vanellope Loughran, who befriends Mavis and is Johnny's sister.
 * Rachel Bloom as Dawn Betterman, Phil and Hope's daughter and only child who befriends Mavis and Vanellope and is Johnny's old friend.
 * Taraji P. Henson as Yesss, an algorithm that determines the trending videos on BuzzzTube, and Vlad's love interest.
 * Anya Taylor-Joy as Ericka Van Helsing, the captain of the Legacy cruise, Dracula's love interest, and the great granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing.
 * Florence Pugh as Goldilocks – known as Goldi, the leader of the Three Bears Crime Family who wants to use Last Wish to regain her biological family.
 * Kailey Crawford as Young Goldilocks
 * Catherine Keener as Mama Bear – Papa Bear's wife, Baby Bear's mother and Goldilocks' adoptive mother.
 * Ray Winstone as Papa Bear – Mama Bear's husband, Baby Bear's father and Goldilocks' adoptive father.
 * Nick Jonas as Baby Bear – Papa Bear and Mama Bear's son, and Goldilocks' adoptive brother.
 * Alfred Molina as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, Ericka's great grandfather and Dracula's former rival, who passed away.
 * Sadie Sandler as Winnie, the werewolf daughter of Wayne and Wanda. She is Dennis' best friend and mutual love interest. She is later voiced by Zoe Berri in the next film.
 * Idris Elba as Count Vlad, an ancient, more experienced and traditional vampire who is Dracula's father, the late Martha's father-in-law, Mavis' paternal grandfather, Jonathan's grandfather-in-law, and Dennis's maternal great-grandfather. Since the end of the third movie, he is Ericka's father-in-law.
 * Chris Parnell as Stan, a fish-man that works on the Legacy. Parnell previously voiced The Fly in the first two films.
 * Joe Whyte as:
 * Tinkles, Dennis' giant pet puppy.
 * Bob, one of the Gremlins who works as a co-pilot on Gremlins' airlines.
 * Joe Jonas as Kraken, a giant music-loving sea monster that lives near Atlantis.
 * Chrissy Teigen as Crystal, an invisible woman who is Griffin's new girlfriend.
 * Joel Crawford as:
 * Blobby, a green blob monster. He was previously voiced by Jonny Solomon in Hotel Transylvania 2.
 * Blobby Baby, a spawn of Blobby.
 * Puppy Blobby, Blobby Baby's pet and another spawn of Blobby.
 * Tara Strong as Frankenlady (voiced by Alison Hammond and credited as Frankenginger in the UK release), a female whose right arm is related to Frank from his right hand's side of the family.
 * Jaime Camil as El Chupacabra, a passenger on the Legacy.

Additionally, Crawford, Whyte, Strong, and Teigen also reprised their roles in the French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish, and Romanian language dubs of the movie.

Development
After the critical and commercial success of Hotel Transylvania: Escape 2 Internet (2018), director Rich Moore stated that he will not return for the sequel. In January 2022, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that the third film, under the tentative title of Hotel Transylvania 3, had been set for release on November 27, 2024, with Joel Crawford was attached as director, after previously doing DreamWorks Animation's The Croods: A New Age (2020) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2020). Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Ryan Reynolds also reprised their previous roles, as Dracula, Mavis, and Johnny, respectively, and the film was written by Despicable Me writer Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio will return. Austin Powers writer Michael McCullers was announced as co-screenwriter. According to Crawford, he returned after he received inspiration from a "miserable" family vacation, and from the Chevy Chase National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as the film takes place aboard a cruise ship. By early November 2017, the film had been entitled Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. With the new cast members were announced in March 2022, including Anya Taylor-Joy, J. K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Florence Pugh, Catherine Kenner, Ray Winstone, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kate Hudson, Joe Whyte, and Tara Strong.