In 2012, Sony brought a monster mash to the big screen with Hotel Transylvania, an animated comedy take on classic monsters that featured Adam Sandler as the voice of Dracula, Kevin James as Frankenstein's monster, and many more. With the sequel due out next fall, a new addition to the voice cast has been announced: the legendary Mel Brooks, who will voice Dracula's vampire father, Vlad.
Deadline reports that Mel Brooks will voice Vlad, a character with a serious grumpy side (though he's smiling in the photo shown above). As many fans of Bram Stoker's Dracula know, the real life 15th century ruler, Vlad III Dracula, aka Vlad the Impaler, helped inspire the Count Dracula character.
Brooks is no stranger to portraying classic monsters in a comedic way, having helmed and co-written Young Frankenstein 40 years ago. Brooks also directed, co-wrote, and co-starred as Professor Van Helsing in 1995's Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Sony is also signing big names to voice Vlad on the international front, so far tapping Michel Galabru, Junji Inagawa, Bram Van Der Vlugt, and Jacques Vermeire to portray the character in their respective regions.
Hotel Transylvania 2 is slated to hit theaters on September 25th, 2015. The original film's Genndy Tartakovsky returns to the director's chair, with Robert Smigel also coming back to handle scripting duties. Sandler, Allen Covert, and Ben Waisbren will executive produce with Michelle Murdocca serving as producer. Here's the movie's brief synopsis (via Deadline):
"The sequel to Sony’s 2012 family film sees old-school supernatural meet modern-day cool when Vlad turns up at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together."
We have a look at Vlad in the image below. Also shown is Adam Sandler's Dracula, his daughter Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez in the first film) and her romantic interest (and perhaps boyfriend), Jonathan (voiced by Andy Samberg in the original). Stay tuned to Daily Dead for further casting and story updates on Hotel Transylvania 2.
Image via Hotel Transylvania:
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