Hotel Transylvania (Disney franchise)

Hotel Transylvania is a Disney media franchise primarily consisting of an animated comedy-drama film series produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Jim Henson Company and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The series focused 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. The series has grossed $1.5 billion worldwide. The sequel is notable for featuring cameos of characters from licensed properties including various Disney franchises.

Origin
Comedy writer Todd Durham came up with the concept of Hotel Transylvania. Durham, after creating the bible for a franchise of several films, television series, video games, books, merchandising, hotel chain, and theme park, took the package unsolicited to Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Hotel Transylvania is the first movie of the franchise and it was released in theatres on November 2, 2012. It is about a human named Johnny (Ryan Reynolds), 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: Escape 2 Internet (2018)
Hotel Transylvania: Escape 2 Internet is the second movie of the franchise and it was released in theatres on November 21, 2018, and it was inspired on the story of Sony Pictures Animation's Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). 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. While Mavis and Johnny travels across the world of Internet universe, for Mavis to be happy. Things get complicated when an another family called the Bettermans and Dracula's father Vlad (Idris Elba) shows up.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2024)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the third movie of the franchise and it was released in theatres on June 21, 2024. It is about Dracula falling for Ericka (Jayma Mays), a great-granddaughter of monster hunter Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan) and Mavis, Johnny, Perrito and others monsters race against other fairy tale characters seeking the same path, while on a cruise ship with his family and a sinister wolf hunts Dracula himself.

Hotel Transylvania: The Series
A television series based on the film premiered on June 25, 2017. Developed and produced by Disney Television Animation, the prequel series focused on the 114/115 years of Mavis and her friends at the Hotel Transylvania.

Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures
On December 10, 2020, Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee announced that a series titled Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures and based on Hotel Transylvania is in development at the studio for Disney+. Matt Youngberg and Hyrum Virl Osmond, were set to direct the series, respectively. The series was produced remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which complicated the production process according to producer Bradford Simonsen. Adam Sandler executive-produces the series alongside Jared Bush, and Robert Smigel.

Untitled Mavis spin-off series
On December 10, 2020, Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee announced that a spin-off series that focused on Mavis and based on Hotel Transylvania is in development at the studio for Disney+. Josie Trinidad, who worked as an head of story for the film, respectively, was set to direct the series. Lee executive-produces the series alongside Selena Gomez, who voices Mavis in the series.

Goodnight Mr. Foot (2016)
Goodnight Mr. Foot is a traditionally animated short film based on Hotel Transylvania, featuring Bigfoot from the film. Bigfoot (who had 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. The film was directed by Stevie Wermers, and was shown in theaters alongside The Smurfs (2016), which was released in the United States on July 29, 2016. Taking place before the events of Hotel Transylvania, the short stars Bigfoot, whose rest in Hotel Transylvania is being constantly disturbed by an overly enthusiastic witch maid.

Puppy! (2019)
Puppy! is a CG-animated fantasy comedy short film based on Hotel Transylvania, featuring Dennis (voiced by Asher Blinkoff) from Hotel Transylvania: Escape 2 Internet, with the additional voices of Selena Gomez, reprising her role as Mavis, Ryan Reynolds as Johnny, and Adam Sandler as Dracula. The film was directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston and co-directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, and it premiered on February 26, 2019 with the release of the Digital copy of Hotel Transylvania: Escape 2 Internet.

Cast and Characters
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