TORONTO – Corus’ Nelvana and Sony Pictures Animation have licensed the global broadcast and on-demand rights for the new animated series Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series to Disney Channels Worldwide.
Based on the film franchise , the 26 x 22-minute series focuses on the teenage years of Dracula’s daughter, Mavis, and her three closest friends Hank N Stein, Pedro and Wendy Blob.
The series, produced at the Nelvana Studio in Toronto, is slated to air on Disney Channel in the U.S., Europe (excluding Germany), Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East and Asia in 2017. In Canada, the series will roll out across Corus Entertainment’s Disney Channel platforms.
“We are thrilled to be teaming up with Disney to share the visual and epic storytelling of Hotel Transylvania with audiences worldwide,” said Nelvana president Scott Dyer, in the news release. “Working with our partners at Sony Pictures Animation, we are excited to build on the incredible global success of the franchise and bring the world of Hotel Transylvania to the small screen and Disney’s family-friendly platforms.”
"We know the Hotel Transylvania TV series will be in great hands with a strong global broadcasting partner like Disney, and look forward to audiences worldwide discovering the hilarious unknown adventures of a younger Mavis and her monster pals in a new adventure as we expand the franchise into television", added Rick Mischel, executive producer at Sony Pictures Animation.
