Hotel Transylvania 5 Fans Won’t Love This Update

So, about Hotel Transylvania 5: if you were hoping for a big announcement, temper expectations. Andy Samberg says talk is happening, but it sounds like the very early, very squishy kind of talk.

So... is Hotel Transylvania 5 happening?

Samberg, out promoting his Super Bowl 2026 spot for Hellmann's and Best Foods, said he has only heard informal chatter about a fifth movie. No dates, no scripts to wave around, no studio fanfare. Just the usual Hollywood 'maybe.'

"I've heard rumblings."

Pressed for more, he kept it cautious but optimistic in that classic we-might-do-this tone:

"There's smoke, and we're going to find out if there's fire."

This comes after Keegan-Michael Key recently stirred up fresh conversation about the franchise continuing. Between that and Samberg's comments, the door is cracked open, not wide.

Where things stand now

• No official greenlight for Hotel Transylvania 5
• Conversations are happening, but only at an exploratory level
• Renewed buzz followed recent remarks from Keegan-Michael Key

Why the franchise still has a pulse

Samberg gave credit where it's due, shouting out Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, and Genndy Tartakovsky for building a machine that keeps finding new fans. He pointed out the series still connects with younger audiences and gets a seasonal bump every Halloween. That tracks.

Johnny, Dracula, and that backpack joke

Samberg has been in this since the first film in 2012, voicing Johnny Loughran, the human who stumbles into a monster-only resort run by Count Dracula (voiced by Sandler in the early films). Asked what he wants next for Johnny, Samberg went full dad-joke in the best way:

"Obviously [wants] as much backpack-related content for Johnnystein as possible."

Bottom line

There is movement, but nothing you could circle on a calendar. If a fifth movie happens, it will be because those 'rumblings' turn into something real. For now, it's wait-and-see.