Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (known internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation ) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing . It is the third installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and the sequel to Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). The film is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers , and features Adam Sandler , Andy Samberg , Selena Gomez , Kevin James , David Spade , Steve Buscemi , Keegan-Michael Key , Molly Shannon , Fran Drescher , and Mel Brooks reprising their roles as well as new additions to the cast like Kathryn Hahn and Jim Gaffigan .