Genndy Tartakovsky is one of the most acclaimed animators of all time, with him being the mind behind Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Primal, and more. Many of Tartakovsky's most acclaimed projects can be found on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, but his Warner Bros. projects are far from all he has done. On top of his critically acclaimed shows, Genndy Tartakovsky is also the mind behind the Hotel Transylvania movie series, highlighting his range and animation prowess.
Genndy Tartakovsky Knows That The Animation Industry Has Changed In Some Big Ways "It's all about IP-driven shows now. Very few originals are getting made." Screen Rant: Your panel at SCAD AnimationFest talked about your entire career throughout your time in the animation industry.
Related How Samurai Jack Villain Aku Is Finally Defeated Aku is the demonic villain in animated series Samurai Jack and here's how the title character finally defeated him in the final season. Why Tartakovsky Has Succeeded With Adult Animation When Other Western Projects Haven't "It seems like it's obvious that there's an audience for this. But in the feature space, it's still a no." Screen Rant: Shows like the Samurai Jack continuation and Primal have shown that you're able to make animated projects for adults that are serious, but that aren't just sitcoms like a lot of other adult animation is.
Genndy Tartakovsky On His Creative Process & Developing Characters "For whatever reason, it took 20 years to get Unicorn: Warriors Eternal made." Screen Rant: As a creative, I'm sure you're constantly coming up with ideas that work for a story or a TV show.
Genndy Tartakovsky: It's definitely a character thing first. I tend to not think of story, in a funny way. I think in characters. Like,"Oh, that's a great character. What can they do?" And if I can come up with 10 ideas for that character, then I know I've got something juicy. For Primal , it was like"boom, boom, boom." I think out of the first 10 ideas that I jotted down as I was developing it, we made eight of them in the first season.
Genndy Tartakovsky: No, it's definitely fleshed out. And I hear a voice to a degree, and then the voice actor kind of finishes 'em off. I was trying a movie a few years back where I wanted a more organic, like what you're saying, I wanted a great actor, a great comedian, so I can work with them, and together we can come up with something very original. Because I'm not a comic or a comedian, obviously, or an actor. And that process was great.
Related 10 Best Episodes Of Dexter's Laboratory, Ranked According To IMDb Dexter's Laboratory is a beloved Cartoon Network series and part of the reason was these fantastic episodes. Genndy Tartakovsky: I don't think that show inspired me. It was just something that I watched as a kid. It was the only show in Russia that I watched. I mean, I think nowadays the UPA cartoons aren't well cited as much as when we were getting into animation. UPA was a huge deal for us. Even Hanna-Barbera. I think people don't realize how well-designed and well crafted those shows were for the price and the time that they were done in. There's some great art in those.
What Genndy Tartakovsky Thinks About Live-Action Remakes Of Animated Projects "If someone's going to do a live action Samurai Jack, I would like to direct it." Screen Rant: There have been a lot of live action remakes of animated projects.
Which Unrealized Project Genndy Tartakovsky Would Revive "I mean, I would've said Fixed, but we made it. Just haven't released it." Screen Rant: You've made a lot of really popular projects, but you've also had a lot that unfortunately went to unrealized, like the Viking film, the dinosaur film, Can You Imagine?, and a few others that you talked about.