Sony Pictures Animation has announced that the fourth and final chapter in its $1.3 billion animated feature franchise, Hotel Transylvanie: Transformania, will get an earlier summer release on July 23 (moved up from Aug. 6). The studio also unveiled a brand-new HT short today, Monster Pets!
The latest monster mash is directed by Jennifer Kluska (DC Super Hero Girls; story artist, HT3, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2) and Derek Drymon (supervising director, CatDog; writer, SpongeBob SquarePants; head of story, Penguins of Madagascar), written by franchise creator Genndy Tartakovsky, produced by Alice Dewey Goldstone and exec produced by Tartakovsky, voice star Selena Gomez and Michelle Murdocca.
Sony’s upcoming release schedule also includes Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (June 18, moved up two weeks from original release date July 4th) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 (2022).