Comic legend Mel Brooks joins “Hotel Transylvania 2” animated sequel November 27, 2014 - 11:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Comic legend Mel Brooks has joined the voice cast of the Sony's animated sequel Hotel Transylvania 2, The Hollywood Reporter said. Brooks will voice the role of Vlad, the ancient, undead and grumpy father to the Adam Sandler-voiced Dracula. The follow-up to the 2012 hit involves Vlad arriving at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together. The Emmy-, Grammy-, Oscar- and Tony-winning Brooks takes on the role 40 years after helming Young Frankenstein, saying of his new role, "I’m having a wonderful time with the character Vlad. He’s been around for eons, and he’s a pretty crabby guy. Basically, he reminds me of me.” Internationally, Sony will use regional stars to voice the non-English versions of the film. Hotel Transylvania 2 is set to hit theaters on Sept. 25, 2015. Sandler is executive producing the Robert Smigel-written film alongside Allen Covert and Ben Waisbren. Genndy Tartakovsky is returning as director of the sequel and Michelle Murdocca is producing. Hotel Transylvania grossed $358.4 million worldwide. Photo: Sony Pictures Animation   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 Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
