{"id":524518,"date":"2026-07-13T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/524518\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:02:09","slug":"hotel-transylvania-5-in-works-from-sony-amazon-mgm-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/524518\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hotel Transylvania 5’ In Works from Sony & Amazon MGM Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation and Amazon MGM Studios are coming back together for a fifth Hotel Transylvania movie, The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania<\/a>, set for theatrical release on October 8, 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Hotel Transylvania was born as a Sony property, when theaters were closed during Covid, the Culver City lot licensed the fourth movie, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, to Amazon to stream on Prime Video. As part of that deal, Amazon MGM Studios got dibs to be a co-producer on the next movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony is handling the North American theatrical release and certain foreign territories for The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania, while Amazon\/MGM will oversee international distribution across its global footprint including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand. Sony will handle remaining territories.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat\u2019s notable here is that the franchise finally is returning to the big screen. The $1.38 billion-grossing feature series follows Dracula, his daughter\u00a0Mavis and all their monster friends and their adventures at Hotel Transylvania \u2014 the ultimate getaway where monster families can kick back far from the human world. In this\u00a0new installment, Drac has happily settled into retirement while Mavis takes the reins of the legendary monster\u00a0hotel.\u00a0But when a series of spooky and unexplained happenings sends chills through the resort, the Drac Pack embarks on its most spellbinding adventure yet: uncovering the mystery behind the haunting of Hotel Transylvania.<\/p>\n

\n\tJennifer Kluska and Alan Hawkins are directing the fifth film with Lawrence Jonas producing and Genndy Tartakovsky and Michelle Murdocca serving as EPs<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom the beginning,\u00a0Hotel Transylvania\u00a0has invited audiences into a world where monsters feel like family,\u201d said Kristine Belson and Damien de Froberville, Presidents of Sony Pictures Animation. \u201cThese films have been a cornerstone of Sony Animation\u2019s storytelling identity, blending a unique visual style with heartfelt, character-driven comedy. With this next installment, we\u2019re honoring that legacy of heart and humor while delivering the unexpected surprises audiences love. We\u2019re delighted to partner with Amazon MGM Studios to bring the Drac Pack back to theatres for families around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSaid Courtenay Valenti, Head of Film, Amazon MGM Studios: \u201cHotel Transylvania\u00a0is one of those rare franchises that has become a beloved tradition for families around the world \u2013 a film series that has always balanced irreverent humor with genuine heart. We\u2019re thrilled to collaborate with Sony Pictures Animation to bring the Drac Pack back to the big screen and continue this legacy of inventive, character-driven storytelling that audiences have embraced for over a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSony Pictures Animation debuted the original\u00a0Hotel Transylvania\u00a0in theaters in 2012, where it grossed $355M worldwide.\u00a0Hotel Transylvania 2\u00a0and\u00a0Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation earned $475M and $530M worldwide, respectively. The fourth installment,\u00a0Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, premiered exclusively on Prime Video in 2022.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso dated for October 8 next year are an untitled Blumhouse event film, an untitled Disney movie and an untitled Cineverse horror feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation and Amazon MGM Studios are coming back together for a fifth Hotel Transylvania movie,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,259629,409,111,139,69,259630],"class_list":["post-524518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-hotel-transylvania-5","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-haunting-of-hotel-transylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}