Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania was released on September 28, 2012, and is about a human named Jonathan (Andy Samberg), who unwittingly stumbles upon the hotel and instantly falls in love with Dracula's teenage daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), and eventually dates, despite Dracula's (Adam Sandler) attempts to keep Jonathan away from his daughter.

Hotel Transylvania 2 was released on September 25, 2015, and 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. When Dracula is disappointed that Dennis does not have any vampire abilities, he helps his friends make his grandson a vampire. Things get complicated when Dracula's father Vlad (Mel Brooks) shows up.

In November 2015, Sony Pictures Animation announced that the film would be released on September 21, 2018.[4] This was later resolved during early 2017 when the new release date was pushed forward to July 13, 2018. Despite previously leaving the series to develop other projects, Genndy Tartakovsky returned as director for this installment.[5][6] The third film is about Dracula unwittingly falling for Ericka (Kathryn Hahn), a descendant of monster hunter Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan), while on a cruise ship with his family.[7] It is the first film in the series not to be released in September, as well as the first one not to feature the hotel as its main setting.

On February 26, 2019, Sony Pictures Animation announced that a fourth film would be released on December 22, 2021.[8] On October 4, 2019, Tartakovsky confirmed he would not be directing the film.[9] On April 24, 2020, the release date was moved up to August 6, 2021.[10] The film will instead be directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, with Selena Gomez returning to voice her character. Gomez will also be involved as an executive producer alongside both Tartakovsky and the first three films' producer Michelle Murdocca.[11]

Goodnight Mr. Foot is a traditionally animated short film based on Hotel Transylvania, featuring Bigfoot from the film. Premiering in time for Halloween, on October 26, 2012, the short was shown exclusively in Regal Entertainment Group Cinemas, before the theatrical shows of Hotel Transylvania. As Sony Pictures Animation's first traditionally animated film, it was written and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky himself, who also animated the short with the help of Rough Draft Studios. Animated in the style of Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones,[14] Tartakovsky created the short in four weeks during the final production stages of the main film.[15] 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.[16]

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.[14]

Puppy! is a CG-animated fantasy comedy short film based on Hotel Transylvania, featuring Dennis (voiced by Asher Blinkoff) from Hotel Transylvania 2, with the additional voices of Selena Gomez, reprising her role as Mavis, Andy Samberg as Jonathan, and Adam Sandler as Dracula. The film is written and directed by veteran director of the Hotel Transylvania movies, Genndy Tartakovsky, and is shown in theaters alongside The Emoji Movie, which was released in the United States on July 28, 2017.[17] The film is set in the hotel, as Dennis convinces Dracula to give him a monster-sized puppy named Tinkles, and the hotel learns to cope with it.[18] The short is a sneak preview of the third film, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which was released on July 13, 2018.