I seriously thought I was going to hate Hotel Transylvania and ended up enjoying it quite a bit (read my review). In fact, I’m sort of excited to see the sequel, even more so after this fresh casting news…
Mel Brooks, the legendary comedian and filmmaker, has joined Hotel Transylvania 2 as the ancient vampire Vlad — the cranky old father of Adam Sandler’s Dracula, says USA Today.
The film arrives in theaters Sept. 25, 2015, and is directed by the returning Genndy Tartakovsky.
The centuries-old Vlad is “like my real, honest-to-goodness personality. I’m pretty grumpy,” jokes Brooks, 88. “It was a good choice.”
The first Hotel Transylvania in 2012 explored the generational gap between Drac and his young (for a vampire) 118-year-old daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez), her need to see the world outside the family hotel and her attraction to the hapless human Jonathan (Andy Samberg).
Further adds the site:
A family get-together in the follow-up feature brings Vlad to town — along with some secrets and drama — to visit the estranged son he hasn’t seen in years. He turns everybody’s life upside down, from Drac, Mavis and Jonathan to hotel regulars such as Frank (Kevin James), Wayne Werewolf (Steve Buscemi) and Murray the Mummy (Keegan-Michael Key).
Jonathan found Drac intimidating in the original movie, but he’s really weirded out by Vlad. “He actually lives in a cave — he is about as old school as it gets,” says producer Michelle Murdocca. “So when he comes and sees that Dracula is running a hotel, he’s like, ‘What is going on here?’ ”
Vlad can be mean and tough, Brooks acknowledges. “He doesn’t treat Dracula with a lot of respect and they’re often at odds. It makes for some wonderful comedy.”
