Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the sequel to Hotel Transylvania 2. It was released on July 13, 2018 in the US and July 27, 2018 in the UK.

Plot

Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship, so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. Once they leave port, Dracula meets the mysterious ship captain Ericka. Now it's Mavis' turn to play the overprotective parent, keeping her father and Ericka apart. Little do they know that his "too good to be true" love interest is actually a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, arch nemesis to Dracula and all other monsters. ^[1]

Cast

Adam Sandler as Dracula
Selena Gomez as Mavis
Andy Samberg as Jonathan
Kathryn Hahn as Ericka
Jim Gaffigan as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Asher Blinkoff as Dennis
Mel Brooks as Vlad
Kevin James as Frankenstein
Steve Buscemi as Wayne
Keegan-Michael Key as Murray
David Spade as Griffin
Fran Drescher as Eunice
Molly Shannon as Wanda
Genndy Tartakovsky as Blobby^[2], Blobby Baby, Blobby Puppy
Sadie Sandler as Winnie
Alison Hammond as Frankenginger
Chrissy Teigen as Crystal
Joe Jonas as The Kraken
Jamie Camil as El Chupacabra
Aaron LaPlante as Gremlin Airline
Chris Parnell as Stan
Joe Whyte as Tinkles, Bob
Michelle Murdocca as Phone Voice, Kelsey, Witch #1, Witch #2
Joyce Arrastia as Zingr Witch, Witch 3
Sunny Sandler as Sunny
Tara Strong as Frankenlady
Libby Thomas Dickey as Libby
Patrick Harpin as Austrian Boy
Craig Kellman as Mr. Hydraberg

Production

Before the release of Hotel Transylvania 2 there was already talk going around about the possibility of a third film. On November 2, 2015 it was officially announced that Hotel Transylvania 3 would be released in 2018.

It was originally stated that the previous films director, Genndy Tartakovsky, would not be returning to direct the third film. However, on June 20 2016, Genndy confirmed that after a change of mind he would indeed return to direct Hotel Transylvania 3.^[3]

On February 6th, 2017 it was announced that the movie would be released on July 13, 2018 in the US instead of September 21st like they had originally planned.^[4]