Tag "Dracula"

Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Opens Nationwide on Friday

May 23, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team at Blue Sky Studios, opens the door to a world inhabited by fantastic creatures hidden from plain sight. Civilized man’s obsession with magical creatures that live in verdant, unexplored regions of nature has inspired numerous works of [...]

The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)

February 14, 2013 by Michael Mallory 2 Comments divider image

Last week’s announcement DreamWorks Animation that it was shutting off the lights on its CG/2D mix Me and My Shadow might have surprised some. But it was hardly the first time a major production suddenly found itself back on the shelf. DreamWorks technically announced that it was putting the picture [...]

Genndy Does the Monster Mash

September 28, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Acclaimed animation world veteran Genndy Tartakovsky brings some old cartoon-y magic to Sony’s summer frightfest Hotel Transylvania. Last summer, when Sony Animation announced that TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky would take over the reins of its animated feature about a resort for monsters, fans unanimously took a deep breath of relief. [...]

Miley Cyrus Is Latest Guest at ‘Hotel Transylvania’

November 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Pop star Miley Cyrus is the newest addition to the cast list of Sony Pictures Animation’s 2012 feature Hotel Transylvania. The Hannah Montana star will be the voice of Mavis, the teenage daughter of Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) who runs a resort for monsters and their families. Directed by [...]

Sandler, Tartakovsky Check In to Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Adam Sandler will voice the lead role of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania, a 3D animated feature film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and due for release from Sony Pictures Animation on Sept. 21, 2012. Here’s how the studio describes the feature: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, [...]