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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESRobert Smigel makes several cameos as the fake Dracula, Marty, and a fewmiscellaneous characters.Chris Parnell plays the fly.ABOUT THE CASTADAM SANDLER (Dracula / Executive Producer) has enjoyed phenomenal success asan actor, writer, producer and musician. Sandler’s films have grossed over $3 billionworldwide. He was most recently seen opposite Andy Samberg in That’s My Boy, andprior to that, starred in Jack and Jill with Katie Holmes and Just Go With It with JenniferAniston. Sandler’s previous films include Grown Ups, the highest grossing of his career,taking in more than $271 million worldwide; he will next reprise his role from that film inGrown Ups 2. Sandler also starred in Universal’s Funny People, written and directed byJudd Apatow starring with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and JasonSchwartzman, as well as the box office smashes Bedtime Stories for Walt DisneyStudios, Sony Pictures You Don’t Mess with the Zohan and Universal’s comedy I NowPronounce You Chuck & Larry.Sandler’s voice was recently heard in Columbia Pictures’/MGM’s Zookeeper, starringKevin James; Sandler also served as a producer of that film. Previously, Sandler hasbeen seen in the starring role opposite Don Cheadle in Sony’s Reign Over Me fordirector Mike Binder, the box-office hits Click, starring with Kate Beckinsale, and TheLongest Yard, starring with Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds. He also starred in James L.Brooks’ Spanglish, opposite Tea Leoni; the romantic comedy 50 First Dates, with DrewBarrymore; Anger Management, with Jack Nicholson; and Paul Thomas Anderson’sPunch-Drunk Love, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, Sandler’s firstbrush with comedy came at age 17, with a performance at a Boston comedy club. From© 2012 Sony Pictures Animation 24