Hotel Transylvania was originally created and developed by comedy writer Todd Durham, which he based on his book of the same name; after creating the bible for a franchise of several films, television series, video games, books, merchandising, hotel chain, and theme park, he took the package unsolicited to Columbia Pictures and set it up at Sony Pictures Animation where he became the first of several screenwriters on the project.
Hotel Transylvania pada awalnya diciptakan dan dikembangkan oleh penulis komedi Todd Durham, yang didasarkan pada bukunya dengan nama yang sama; Setelah membuat Alkitab untuk franchise beberapa film, serial televisi, video game, buku, merchandising, jaringan hotel, dan taman hiburan, dia mengambil paket yang tidak diminta ke Columbia Pictures dan memasangnya di Sony Pictures Animation dimana dia menjadi yang pertama dari beberapa penulis skenario di proyek tersebut.