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Hotel Transylvania 2 is a 2018 American computer-animated monster family comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, in association with MRC, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to the 2012 film Hotel Transylvania. Directed by Tim Hill, written by Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler, Phil Johnston and Pamela Ribon, produced by Clark Spencer, and executive-produced by John Lasseter, Sandler, Chris Meledandri, Jennifer Lee, Chris Williams, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

Hotel Transylvania 2 takes place several years after the events of the first film. Mavis and Johnny have a young son named Dennis, whose lack of any vampire abilities worries both Mavis and his maternal grandfather Dracula for differing reasons. When Mavis and Johnny travel to Johnny's hometown in Santa Cruz, California, Drac calls his friends to help him make Dennis a vampire, much to Mavis's dismay.

Original voices from the first film — Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Jack McBrayer, John C. Reilly, Fran Drescher, Sadie Sandler, Jonny Solomon, Luenell, Chris Parnell and Jon Lovitz — returned for the sequel, with Keegan-Michael Key replacing CeeLo Green as Murray and Maya Rudolph replacing Molly Shannon as Wanda. New additions to the cast include Asher Blinkoff, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Dana Carvey, Taraji P. Henson, Gal Gadot, Trey Parker and Gary Oldman.

The first discussions about a sequel to Hotel Transylvania began in September 2012, and the new installment went through three different scripts before the filmmakers settled on the final plot. When the film was officially announced in June 2016 as Hotel Transylvania 2, much of the original cast confirmed they had signed on, with new cast members added in 2018. It is Walt Disney Animation Studios' first computer-animated film sequel and is the first sequel from the studio to be created by the original film's creative team.

The film grossed over $1 billion, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2018, and received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, 76th Golden Globe Awards, 46th Annie Awards, and 24th Critics' Choice Awards, losing all four awards to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Development
In September 2012, two months before Hotel Transylvania was released, Rich Moore said that there were already ideas for a sequel, and in March 2013, Moore said and commented that he and Disney had ideas about a sequel that would bring the characters up to date, "Everyone is talking about it, but we haven't started writing it. There are a lot of fun ideas we could totally play with. It's a ripe world." In 2014, the first film's composer Henry Jackman said that a story for the sequel was being written. On March 12, 2014, it was announced that Moore would return to direct the sequel, even though he was originally too busy due to his developing an adaptation of The Smurfs (2016), and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2017). In March 2017, the sequel's title was officially announced as Hotel Transylvania 2, with Tim Hill was announced as director joined by the first film's co-writer, Phil Johnston and Robert Smigel, with Pamela Ribon attached as screenwriter, and Clark Spencer also returning as producer. It was suggested by Hill that Adam Sandler had more creative control over this film than its predecessor, and that at times he was difficult to work with.

Casting
In 2015, Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Andy Samberg said they has signed on to reprised their previous roles, as Dracula, Mavis, and Johnny, respectively. CeeLo Green did not reprise the role of Murray the Mummy for the sequel after he was charged for giving a woman ecstasy in July 2012 which led to Disney parting ways with Green and replacing him with Keegan-Michael Key. In March 2017, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Jack McBrayer and John C. Reilly were reported as being set to reprise their roles. In May 2018, Taraji P. Henson was in the cast. In August 2018, actress Gal Gadot joined the cast as Shank.