Tag "Hotel Transylvania"

Tooning Up for 2012

December 24, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

There are plenty of reasons to look forward to 2012. In this article, we use our magic crystal ball to peer into the future and see which movies are going to dazzle us next year. Yes, there will be surprise hits, unexpected winners and over-hyped disappointments, but waiting and guessing [...]

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 [...]

A Halloween Treat from ‘Transylvania’

October 31, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Sony Pictures Animation has a tasty morsel for the toon town kiddies in honor of Halloween: The first character designs for Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler), star of their upcoming CG animated feature Hotel Transylvania. Due out Sept. 12, 2012, the flick focuses on Dracula who runs a lavish resort [...]

SIGGRAPH Recruiters Hum ‘O, Canada’

August 7, 2011 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

A look at which studios are looking to hire at the big CG confab. SIGGRAPH may be the preeminent annual meeting of international computer graphics cognoscenti, but they typically need to travel to a U.S. city to attend. This year’s choice of Vancouver, British Columbia seems particularly fitting, however, given [...]

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, [...]

MGM & Prana Animate Punk Farm

June 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Looks like another studio is jumping on the animated feature bandwagon. Variety reports that MGM will be producing a CG-animated pic based on Punk Farm, the children’s book by Jarret Krosoczka. The project will be the studio’s first big animated feature since 1989’s All Dogs Go to Heaven and its [...]