Hotel Transylvania 2: Behind The Scenes With The Film's Designers

Today we're going behind the scenes of Hotel Transylvania 2 to discover the insides of the stark contrast between the human world and the monster world. Production Design in this film runs deep, from initial construction of sets with digital pen and ink to set dressing before scenes are "filmed". The work that goes in to each scene in a top-notch digital film such as this is very, very easily lost on its intended audience – today we're going to see what a tragedy that is as we attempt to rectify.

It seems like only yesterday we were interviewing Mr. Genndy Tartakovsky about his then-newest director role with Hotel Transylvania back in October of 2012. Fast forward here to January of 2016 and the film Hotel Transylvania 2 is just about to hit home with its DVD and Blu-ray release.

ABOVE: Director Genndy Tartakovsky working on Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2.

UPDATE: Hotel Transylvania 2 is out in stores now on DVD and Blu-ray, having been released for sale as of Tuesday, the 12th of January, 2016. Extra features such as the one you're about to see will be exclusive to the Blu-ray release – you'll find a whole lot more there as well.

Above you'll see the new and improved exterior of the castle hotel. Inside you'll find a completely redressed set. Below you'll find some of the immense detail that's delivered in this film's depiction of the human world.

Below you'll see some behind the scenes action with Director Genndy Tartakovsky and Production Designer Michael Kurinsky.

Similar to the original Hotel Transylvania, this Hotel Transylvania 2 has set a record for largest September opener. In this case, Hotel Transylvania 2 is currently unprecedented in that it is now Sony Pictures Animation's biggest film ever AND holds the record for biggest September weekend in history at the U.S. box office.

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