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*Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania* (or also known as *Hotel Cloudylandia 3*) is an 2021 Russian Marcanese-American computer animated fantasy comedy film directed by Derek Drymon & Jennifer Lewis Hayes and produced by Todd Durham, from a screenplay by Gennedy Tartakovsky. The third installment of the *Hotel Cloudylandia* franchise, the film has Abraham Von & his friends change themselves and their world back to normal in less than 24 hours, while also facing off Abraham Von's longtime arch-nemesis at his ghost & goblin empire Traversmania. The film features Brian Hull (who replaced James Woods), Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Nathan Lane, Kevin James, James Franco, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Kathryn Hahn, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Woody Harrelson, Jon Lovitz, Adam Sandler, Hugh Jackman, and Asher Blinkoff reprising their roles, as well as new additions to the cast including Jim Gaffigan, Walt Dohrn, Jordan Peele, Tara Strong, Mel Brooks, and Tartakovsky. *Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania* got theatrically released and streamed on Anaya+ July 9, 2021 to mixed reviews from critics, most whom deemed it as inferior to the two previous films. A fourth and final *Hotel Cloudylandia* is scheduled to be released in October 2023.

## Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania

### Starring

Andy SambergBrian Hull

Selena Gomez

Kevin James

James Franco

Nathan Lane

Keegan-Michael Key

David Spade

Kathryn Hahn

Adam Sandler

### Distributed by

Columbia PicturesParamount Pictures

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

## Plot

Back in 1869, Abraham Von & his friends travel in disguise on a train to Berlin. However, his arch-nemesis Ethan The Great unveils the fantasy creatures and tries to kill them with his lightning gun. Abraham Von pushes his friends off the train for their safety while he himself battles Ethan. Ethan becomes obsessed with destroying Abraham Von, but is constantly outsmarted by him.

In the present day following a few weeks after the events of the second film, Abraham Von & his friends decide to perform their own magic show in front of audiences worldwide, while also enjoying life at international resort hotels. At Paris, Abraham Von invites his friends to dine at some fancy restaurant there for their efforts, and they report back home afterwards. As they wait for Nathan's third birthday, Abraham Von gets a letter from his grandparents saying that they would arrive on the day of the party, much to Abraham Von's excitement. The next day, Abraham Von & his friends celebrate Nathan's third birthday and Abraham Von's grandparents arrive in time. Later in the evening, Denny throws in another DJ party for his friends, but Abraham Von leaves them after realizing that the Sky Castle is getting haywire. Abraham Von sees an abandoned cabin nearby and meets Ethan The Great once again, who pleads him to sign the Treaty of Traversmania despite Abraham Von's refusal. After signing the treaty, Abraham Von returns back home but sees no one there. The following day, Abraham Von gets transformed to his human form by some whirlwind and sees Denny, who's changed himself to a yellow-green dragon thanks to Ethan's secret potion. Abraham Von sees his friends again, now transformed to other different beings, and comforts them saying that he would find some cure for their problems. Abraham Von & Denny arrive to Niagara Falls via shuttle and win a barrel race against Ethan's goblins led by Gorzo. Seeing Ethan nearby, he takes them to his base where he warns them about a gemstone found in South America that could cure them. They go to the Amazon rainforest while Abraham Von's other friends ride onto the S.S Traversmania to reach there once they hear Denny's news. Since they couldn't find the gemstone, Ethan lies to them about the gemstone and orders the goblins to seize Abraham Von & his friends. However, Abraham Von & his friends defeat the goblins and arrive to Traversmania, where they get guided by Marco. After several failed attempts at getting into Ethan's castle, they get help from Scarecrow, Patt, and Motley, and together they make plans about defeating Ethan at The Rotten Apple. Abraham Von orders the Traversmania Blues to distract the living trees with jazz music while they attempt to track down the ghosts, only to get confronted with the Red Genie, who has the gemstone. Realizing that his three wishes have gone wrong, Abraham Von defeats the Red Genie with the gemstone and uses it to transform his friends back to their normal selves. Meanwhile, Ethan's ghosts prepare him a feast but suddenly Abraham Von & his friends raid the castle, defeating Ethan's remaining ghosts & goblins but Ethan immediately grows his pet monster Lunarius with the Monster Ray. Abraham Von & his friends face off the huge monster with intense heavy metal/rap music to weaken him. After defeating Lunarius, they seize Ethan but he turns them back to their different forms with the Monster Ray. However, a depressed Emelie stops them after she reveals them to be Ethan's only granddaughter, and Ethan surrenders after Ava breaks the treaty in half. The fantasy creatures accept him as part of their family and urge him to restore everything back to normal, and also themselves with the same gemstone, Later, Abraham Von gives Ethan the Sky Castle, and Ethan gives them a new luxurious mansion at Berlin for his 107th birthday.

At their new mansion, Abraham Von & Emelie have two newborn angel twins to take care of, much to their grandparents' delight and Abraham Von's dismay.

## Cast

* Andy Samberg as Denny Lowell
* Selena Gomez as Ava
* Brian Hull as Abraham Von Steven (aka The Great Magician), adopted father of Ava and Emelie's husband. Hull would replace James Woods from the previous two films.
* Nathan Lane as Redhead
* Kevin James as Otto Von Frank
* James Franco as Victor Von Hugo
* Keegan-Michael Key as Matt the Mummy
* David Spade as Morris The Invisible Guy
* Kathryn Hahn as Emelie, Abraham Von's wife & granddaughter of Ethan The Great. Hahn also voices Marie, Abraham Von's grandmother.
* Asher Blinkoff as Nathan, Denny & Ava's young baby angel son and Abraham Von's grandson.
* Steve Buscemi as Herbert
* Adam Sandler as Treeman
* Fran Drescher as Donna
* Gennedy Tartakovsky as Blob, Patt, and the Traversmania Blues.
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Mary Lowell
* Woody Harrelson as Richard Lowell
* Hugh Jackman as Wolfman
* Jim Gaffigan as Ethan The Great, a famed fantasy creature killer who's Abraham Von's longtime arch-nemesis.
* Walt Dohrn as Francis, Ethan The Great's assistant.
* Mel Brooks as Clad, Abraham Von's grandfather.
* Jordan Peele as Scarecrow
* Tara Strong as Motley
* Jon Lovitz as Chef Quesadille & Gorzo The Goblin, leader of the goblins of Traversmania.
* Dana Carvey as Molly
* Nick Offerman as John

## Production

Sony confirmed that there would be a third *Hotel Cloudylandia* film in the works at Anaya Animation in 2016. According to Sony, the film would be the third (and possibly final) installment of the *Hotel Cloudylandia* franchise. In October 2017, Gennedy Tartakovsky confirmed that he would not direct the film, instead handing it over to Derek Drymon & Jennifer Lewis Hayes, while Tartakovsky would write the screenplay.

In March 2021, the film's title was revealed to be *Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania.* That same month, Sony confirmed that James Woods would not return to voice The Great Magician. The role was given to Brian Hull after voicing the character in the short film *Big Little Monsters*, while the other voice actors would reprise their roles.

## Release

The film was slated for August 2022, but due to Anaya Animation's refusal to do *Los Beibis 2* with Actors 3D Entertainment, Anaya Animation pushed the film back one year earlier. The film got released to theaters & Anaya+ August 6, 2021 along with the short film *Big Little Monsters*. On May 17, 2021 the official trailer for the film was released along with four clips of the actual film. On June 23, 2021, the second official trailer for the film was released.

## Reception

*Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania* was met with mixed reviews from critics whom praised its animation, writing, voice acting, soundtrack, and new characters but criticized its humor, lack of emotional depth, dated pop culture references, and exaggerated tone. On Rotten Tomatoes, 59% of 117 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Fans of the franchise are better off skipping *Traversmania,* but its sharp writing & catchy soundtrack might get everyone back at the gothic-inspired Sky Castle" According to the review aggregator Metacritic, which sampled 23 reviews and calculated a weighted average of 41 out of 100, *Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania* received "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, the same score earned by both its predecessors.

*The Hollywood Reporter's* John DeFore wrote, "With so much endearing new characters & clever gags to spare, this spookingly potty humor-filled caper in the franchise has no saving grace" IGN gave the film a score of 6/10 and wrote: "*Hotel Cloudylandia 3* is mostly just bleh, bleh, BLEH and nothing else" Peter Deburge of *Variety* gave the film 3 out of 5 stars in his report, "If there's anything this threequel is really missing, that would be the Magic Gang's signature magic and charisma"