“Hotel Transylvania” trailer features Adam Sandler as overprotective vampire dad (video)  June 26, 2012 - 15:27 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Sony Pictures Animation offered a look at its latest lead character, an overprotective dad who is trying to keep his daughter safe as she celebrates her birthday and becomes an adult. But in this comedic CG-animated 3D movie, that dad is Dracula, the manager of monster resort, who is voiced by Adam Sandler, The Hollywood Reporter said. Clips from Hotel Transylvania, which opens Sept. 28, were previewed during a press event attended by director Genndy Tartakovsky, producer Michelle Murdocca and Selena Gomez, who provides the voice of Dracula’s daughter, Mavis, who is turning 118 years old. “It’s a father-daughter story about a parent who has to learn to let go and trust that his daughter will be OK,” said Murdocca. The clip reveals that Dracula has devised a fake “outside world” so that a curious and headstrong Mavis will want to stay safe at the hotel. The movie reteams Sandler with That’s My Boy co-star Andy Samberg, who provides the voice a human teenager named Jonathan who hits it off with Mavis. In one clip, Jonathan accidentally wanders into the hotel and eventually realizes that he is among monsters. Subsequent clips show Dracula urging him to leave the property, and finally, a scene during which the two form an unlikely bond after a sequence that involves flying tables. The movie also includes the voice talents of Kevin James as Dracula’s big-hearted best friend, Frankenstein; Fran Drescher as Frankenstein’s brash wife, Eunice; Steve Buscemi as Wayne, a put-upon werewolf; Molly Shannon as Wayne’s maternal wife, Wanda; CeeLo Green as the boisterous former entertainer Murray the Mummy; David Spade as Griffin, a witty Invisible Man; and Jon Lovitz as Quasimodo, the head chef at the Hotel. Murdocca (Open Season) has been with this project since development started in 2006. Since then, there has been a series of script, cast and crew changes. Those who have been attached to direct include Jill Culton and the team of Anthony Stacchi and David Feiss. TV animation veteran Tartakovsky -- who has three Emmys under his belt for his work on Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: Clone Wars and Samurai Jack -- was brought on board roughly 18 months ago to make what will be his feature directorial debut.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
