CS Video: Hotel Transylvania 2’s Genndy Tartakovsky

ComingSoon.net sits down with Hotel Transylvania 2 director Genndy Tartakovsky and producer Michelle Murdocca

In director Genndy Tartakovsky‘s first Hotel Transylvania, Dracula (Adam Sandler) and his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) were living a peaceful life among monsters in a hotel. Once a human named Jonathan (Andy Samberg) entered though, his daughter fell in love and everything changed. In the sequel, Hotel Transylvania 2, which opens September 25, Mavis and Jonathan have gotten married and had a baby. Poor Grandpa Drac is worried that the little ginger guy isn’t a monster. When he’s left to baby sit, things take a turn for the worse. All of this while Mavis is trying to fit in with Jonathan’s very human parents and considering a family move.

We got a chance to chat with director Genndy Tartakovsky and producer Michelle Murdocca about the film and what we can expect. Mel Brooks plays Dracula’s dad Vlad. Tartakovsky and Murdocca tell us how one directs a comedy legend. We also get their take on whether it’s scarier to see monsters or to not fit in with your friends. Genndy Tartakovsky also talks about his directing style (he started his filmmaking career as a storyboard artist and has a very unique hands-on approach with the artists working under him.) We also get hints into how the classic scary monster legends have been changed to be kid-friendly.

If you’d like even more from Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania 2, be sure to check out the trailer for the film, released online earlier this summer. There was also an announcement from a few months ago that the Hotel Transylvania franchise will be heading to the small screen. Read all about the plans for the Hotel Transylvania TV series.