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Sony Pictures Animation has released online the first trailer for acclaimed animator and director Genndy Tartakovsky's (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) new 3-D animated feature, Hotel Transylvania. The trailer is brief, promising far more laughs than frights, but the animation is superb. Adam Sandler does an excellent job of disguising his normal voice to play Dracula, the keeper of the inn for monsters who want to go on vacation without having to worry about pesky humans. Until one shows up at the front door, that is.
Curiously, the plot synopsis included with the trailer on the Columbia Pictures Phillipines YouTube channel differs from the previously released one when it comes to the human interloper. The original synopsis described the human as an "ordinary guy" named "Johnny" (voiced by Andy Samberg) who just happens upon the inn and falls in love with Dracula's daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), whereas the synopsis included with the trailer described him as "Simon Van Helsing, the youngest in a long line of monster hunters," making his arrival at the inn seem anything but accidental.
watch the trailer >> Posted 03.28.12 by BrentJS -
Sony Pictures Animation gave us our first look at one of the monsters in director Genndy Tartakovsky's (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) upcoming 3-D family comedy, Hotel Transylvania, by releasing concept art depicting Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) on Halloween of last year. One week later, the studio followed up the Dracula concept art with the release of a fully-rendered image of Dracula's daughter, Mavis, when it was announced that Miley Cyrus would be providing the "teen" (she's 118) vampire's voice (Cyrus was later replaced by Selena Gomez).
Now, several more of the monsters that will be haunting the halls of Dracula's Hotel Transylvania — where the motto is "human-free since 1898" — have been revealed in a pair of new promotional images for the movie.
see the new images >> Posted 03.14.12 by BrentJS -
Sony Pictures Animation showed that it was in the Halloween spirit yesterday by releasing the first character designs from its upcoming 3-D family comedy, Hotel Transylvania. The designs (below) offer a sneak peek at the lead character, Dracula, which will be voiced by Adam Sandler. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), the movie centers around an inn that caters to monsters looking for a refuge from the modern world and includes an all-star cast of comedy voice talents including Kevin James as Frank (-enstein), Fran Drescher as Eunice, David Spade as Quasimodo, Cee Lo Green as Murray the Mummy, Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon as werewolves Wayne and Wanda, and Andy Samberg as Jonathan, the tale's lone human.
check out the 'Dracula' character designs >> Posted 11.01.11 by BrentJS -
Sony Pictures Animation announced in a recent press release that comedy superstar Adam Sandler will lend his distinctive voice to Dracula, the lead character in the studio's upcoming 3-D family comedy Hotel Transylvania. The movie, about a hotel that serves as a refuge to monsters looking to hide from the modern world, has been in development since 2006 and has gone through a series of directors before finally landing Genndy Tartakovsky, the acclaimed animator, director, and producer behind such popular and innovative series as Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
more about Hotel Transylvania >> Posted 07.08.11 by BrentJS -
Just prior to the opening of writer-director Zack Snyder's genre-mashed action movie, Sucker Punch, a series of animated shorts were released as prologues of sorts to several of the fantastical realms in the movie. Now, another action movie with a genre identity crisis, director Scott Stewart's (Legion) post-apocalyptic vampire movie, Priest, has got its own animated prologue, this one by acclaimed animator, director and producer Genndy Tartakovsky (The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack). Here's hoping Priest's animated prologue will help deliver better results at the box office than Sucker Punch's anemic performance.
watch the new animated prologue >> Posted 04.08.11 by BrentJS