Amazon, Sony Near $100 Million Deal for ‘Hotel Transylvania

Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Animation are nearing a $100 million deal for “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” to skip theaters and head straight to Amazon Prime Video, in keeping with Variety.

 The franchise has grossed $1.three billion in theaters worldwide because the first movie’s debut in 2012. “Transformania” is the final within the sequence and might be directed by Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska. The movie will star Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and Keegan-Michael Key. Amos Vernon and Nunzio Randazzo wrote the script.

Many studios that don’t have their very own streaming service have determined to promote their movies in the course of the pandemic. Sony bought “Greyhound” to Apple and “Happiest Season” to Hulu. Additionally, the studio partnered with Netflix on “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” “Fatherhood” and “Vivo,” and with Amazon on “Cinderella” starring Camila Cabello. Paramount Pictures, for instance, bought “Coming 2 America” to Amazon as nicely.

In the deal, Sony will preserve the rights for residence leisure, linear TV and Chinese exhibition.

“Hotel Transylvania 4” was set to hit theaters in October. However, the Delta variant has been surging, and youngsters beneath the age of nonetheless don’t have any entry to vaccines.

Representatives for Sony and Amazon declined to remark.