Sony Pushes Back ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ to

Sony Pictures introduced Friday that the ultimate chapter of the “Hotel Transylvania” animated collection known as “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” will now be launched on Oct. 1, 2021.

The movie was initially slated to be launched on July 23.

Created by Genndy Tartakovsky and starring Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg, the three “Hotel Transylvania” movies have collectively grossed over $1.three billion on the world field workplace, turning into Sony Pictures Animation’s most profitable franchise. Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon will take over as administrators on “Transformania,” although Tartakovsky will keep on as screenwriter and govt producer. Alice Dewey Goldstone is producing the movie, with Gomez and Michelle Murdocca govt producing.

In its new launch slot, “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” faces direct opening competitors from Warner Bros.’ long-awaited “Dune” from director Denis Villeneuve, and United Artists Releasing’s animated sequel to “The Addams Family.”

Villeneuve has assembled a powerful solid for the Warner Bros. epic, together with Timothee Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Chang Chen, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Dave Bautista. It’s Villeneuve’s first movie since “Blade Runner 2049” from 2017. Villeneuve additionally co-wrote the “Transformania” screenplay with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts based mostly on Frank Herbert’s novel from 1965.

“The Addams Family” was initially based mostly on characters by Charles Addams that ran as single-panel cartoons within the New Yorker starting in 1938 up till the time of his demise in 1988. In addition to the TV collection that ran between 1964 to 1966, the characters have additionally been tailored as two live-action movies and as a Broadway musical.