Selena Gomez, who voices Mavis in the movie series, the vampire daughter of Adam Sandler's Dracula, will also serve as an executive producer this time around alongside franchise creator Genndy Tartakovsky, Michelle Murdocca, and producer Alice Dewey Goldstone. Tartakovsky has penned the script for Transformania but has handed over directorial duties to Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon.The previous entry in the franchise, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, took a big bite out of the box office when it was released in 2018, grossing $528 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million. It became the highest-grossing movie in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and even climbed the ranks to become Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing fully-animated movie worldwide.
IGN's review of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation commended director Genndy Tartakovsky for offering "a manic alternative to the relatively grounded, emotional storytelling of Pixar," though it was also noted that, with each new installment, "the audience is expected to be more invested with these characters, and the many artificial aspects of their world have simply become a distraction." Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
