As Warner Bros.’ Monster House, holds its own at the box office, Daily Variety reports Sony will create its own monster abode with its third toon feature, Hotel Transylvania. The film falls in line behind Sony Animation’s summer 2007 release, Surf’s Up. The studio will see if it has what it takes to compete with the Pixars and DreamWorks of the world when it releases its first CG family movie, Open Season, on Sept. 29.
Hotel Transylvania will visit Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man and other classic creeps, who all hang out together and try to cope with the notion that they are no longer relevant in modern times. The film will be directed by Open Season co-director Anthohy Stacchi and head of story David Feiss. Open Season producer Michelle Murdocca is producing and the script is being written by Surf’s Up scribe Don Rhymer, whose credits also include Big Mama’s House.
At present, Hotel Transylvania is slated to hit theaters in 2009, which leaves the 2008 window vacant. The studio’s toon adaptation of Judi and Ron Barrett’s kids’ book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, may end up on the fast track to fill the spot.
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