The Boss Baby: Family Business,s aka The Boss Baby 2, is an American animated film based on Marla Frazee’s book “The Bossier Baby.” Universal Pictures released this film in 2021, while DreamWorks Animation Studio produced it. This was the follow-up to the first boss baby film, which was released in 2017. Tom McGrath directed it, Jeff Hermann produced it, and Tom McGrath and Michael McCullers penned the story. This film was an instant success, as if the dynamite of cuteness and authority had suddenly detonated in the animated film industry. 1. Boss Baby Let’s begin with Theodore Lindsey Templeton, also
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- 11/10/2022
- by Zainab Rizwan
- TVovermind.com
The Boss Baby: Family Business — the sequel to Dreamworks Animation’s 2017 comedy — opens in theaters this weekend, reuniting boss baby Ted (Alec Baldwin) with his older brother, Tim (James Marsden). In the film, helmed by Tom McGrath, the brothers are both now adults and embark on a new mission with Tim’s infant Tina (Amy Sedaris), a top secret agent for Baby Corp.
Based on the books by Marla Frazee, McGrath developed the Family Business story with screenwriter Michael McCullers. McGrath previously directed the original Boss Baby and the three films in Dwa’s Madagascar series (while voicing Skipper the penguin).
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Based on the books by Marla Frazee, McGrath developed the Family Business story with screenwriter Michael McCullers. McGrath previously directed the original Boss Baby and the three films in Dwa’s Madagascar series (while voicing Skipper the penguin).
Tell us about returning ...
The Boss Baby: Family Business — the sequel to Dreamworks Animation’s 2017 comedy — opens in theaters this weekend, reuniting boss baby Ted (Alec Baldwin) with his older brother, Tim (James Marsden). In the film, helmed by Tom McGrath, the brothers are both now adults and embark on a new mission with Tim’s infant Tina (Amy Sedaris), a top secret agent for Baby Corp.
Based on the books by Marla Frazee, McGrath developed the Family Business story with screenwriter Michael McCullers. McGrath previously directed the original Boss Baby and the three films in Dwa’s Madagascar series (while voicing Skipper the penguin).
Tell us about returning ...
Based on the books by Marla Frazee, McGrath developed the Family Business story with screenwriter Michael McCullers. McGrath previously directed the original Boss Baby and the three films in Dwa’s Madagascar series (while voicing Skipper the penguin).
Tell us about returning ...
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“The Boss Baby: Family Business” landed in theaters and on Peacock on Friday, right on in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Alec Baldwin returns for the sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar-nominated comedy featuring an all-star cast that includes James Marsden, Eva Longoria, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Jeff Goldblum.
In the movie, brothers Ted (Baldwin) and Tim (Marsden) are all grown up and living separate lives. Ted, former leader of BabyCorp, is a hedge fund CEO. Tim, also married with two kids, works as a stay-at-home dad. The pair have drifted apart over the years, but a magical potion turns them back into babies for a short time,...
“The Boss Baby: Family Business” landed in theaters and on Peacock on Friday, right on in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Alec Baldwin returns for the sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar-nominated comedy featuring an all-star cast that includes James Marsden, Eva Longoria, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Jeff Goldblum.
In the movie, brothers Ted (Baldwin) and Tim (Marsden) are all grown up and living separate lives. Ted, former leader of BabyCorp, is a hedge fund CEO. Tim, also married with two kids, works as a stay-at-home dad. The pair have drifted apart over the years, but a magical potion turns them back into babies for a short time,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Well, they made a sequel to “The Boss Baby.” The 2017 DreamWorks film, extremely loosely based on Marla Frazee’s children’s book series, bet big on the appeal of a dyspeptic, super-intelligent, black-suited infant speaking with the voice of Alec Baldwin while doing un-babylike things, and it was a bet that paid off handsomely, to the tune of half a billion in worldwide box office and an Oscar nomination. Arriving in theaters earlier that initially planned, with a simultaneous streaming bow on Peacock, “The Boss Baby: Family Business” is making a similarly big bet that family audiences, otherwise bereft of new attractions, are ready to return to theaters. The film itself, unfortunately, is generally less interesting than the business matters behind it, a thoroughly competent affair that tosses in just enough off-the-wall elements to liven up a fairly basic retread of the original’s formula.
And honestly, kudos to returning...
And honestly, kudos to returning...
- 6/30/2021
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
More than a half-billion dollars in box office can’t be wrong — can it? When Tom McGrath’s smash hit “The Boss Baby” made $528 million worldwide in spring 2017, the natural response was Well, when can we make more? No worries that McGrath’s film already stretched out award-winning author Marla Frazee’s picture book into feature length or that it ended with a pretty tidy conclusion in which eponymous boss baby, voiced by Alec Baldwin, decides to become a regular, non-boss baby. The world wants more Boss Baby; why should logic deny them?
By 2018, Netlix had rolled out its answer: television series “The Boss Baby: Back in Business,” which didn’t just stretch out a picture book into nearly two hours like its predecessor, but which somehow managed to craft a gobsmacking four seasons of material from what was essentially that film’s post-script. Now, McGrath’s Universal movie “The Boss Baby: Family Business...
By 2018, Netlix had rolled out its answer: television series “The Boss Baby: Back in Business,” which didn’t just stretch out a picture book into nearly two hours like its predecessor, but which somehow managed to craft a gobsmacking four seasons of material from what was essentially that film’s post-script. Now, McGrath’s Universal movie “The Boss Baby: Family Business...
- 6/30/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The lore of the “Boss Baby” universe is as extensive as it is bewildering. Loosely based on the book by Marla Frazee, 2017’s “The Boss Baby” — which was, shockingly, Oscar nominated — covered the existence of Baby Corp, the company in the sky that creates infants and sends them to Earth either to be raised by human parents or on missions to ensure babies’ hegemony as the most loved creatures. (Puppies are a close runner-up.)
A magical milk formula prevents those chosen ones from growing up, and a whole protocol à la “Men in Black” erases the memories of the adults who received these babies in suits that were never meant to be part of the family but just transient employees for the corporation.
All of these plot points remain in place for the sequel, “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” which follows the franchise’s Netflix spin-off series. With director Tom McGrath,...
A magical milk formula prevents those chosen ones from growing up, and a whole protocol à la “Men in Black” erases the memories of the adults who received these babies in suits that were never meant to be part of the family but just transient employees for the corporation.
All of these plot points remain in place for the sequel, “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” which follows the franchise’s Netflix spin-off series. With director Tom McGrath,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Greenblatt, Eva Longoria, James Marsden and Amy Sedaris have joined the voice cast of DreamWorks Animation’s sequel “The Boss Baby: Family Business.”
Alec Baldwin reprises his role as Boss Baby Ted, and Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow are reprising their voice roles as Ted’s parents. Greenblatt will voice the role of the super-smart 7-year-old Tabitha who idolizes her Uncle Ted and wants to become like him. Marsden and Longoria will voice the roles of Tabitha’s parents while Goldblum will handle the role of the mysterious founder of Tabitha’s school, the Acorn Center for Advanced Childhood.
The original “The Boss Baby” opened in 2017 and took in more than $520 million at the worldwide box office. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature. Tom McGrath directed from a script by Michael McCullers, loosely based on Marla Frazee’s 2010 picture book. Baldwin...
Alec Baldwin reprises his role as Boss Baby Ted, and Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow are reprising their voice roles as Ted’s parents. Greenblatt will voice the role of the super-smart 7-year-old Tabitha who idolizes her Uncle Ted and wants to become like him. Marsden and Longoria will voice the roles of Tabitha’s parents while Goldblum will handle the role of the mysterious founder of Tabitha’s school, the Acorn Center for Advanced Childhood.
The original “The Boss Baby” opened in 2017 and took in more than $520 million at the worldwide box office. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature. Tom McGrath directed from a script by Michael McCullers, loosely based on Marla Frazee’s 2010 picture book. Baldwin...
- 9/17/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Boss Baby director Tom McGrath is returning to helm the DreamWorks Animation sequel. The first 2017 movie earned McGrath an Oscar nomination in the animated feature film category and grossed over $527M at the worldwide box office. It also spawned a Netflix series The Boss Baby: Back in Business.
The Boss Baby 2 will mark McGrath’s sixth movie as a director with Dwa followinig the Madagascar trilogy, Megamind, and the first Boss Baby. Combined, McGrath’s Dwa pics have grossed $2.7 billion at the worldwide B.O. Adapted by Michael McCullers from Marla Frazee’s book, Boss Baby stars Alec Baldwin as a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby who pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Boss Baby 2 is scheduled for a March 26, 2021 release via Universal.
It was also announced today that Jeff Hermann will be making his feature film...
The Boss Baby 2 will mark McGrath’s sixth movie as a director with Dwa followinig the Madagascar trilogy, Megamind, and the first Boss Baby. Combined, McGrath’s Dwa pics have grossed $2.7 billion at the worldwide B.O. Adapted by Michael McCullers from Marla Frazee’s book, Boss Baby stars Alec Baldwin as a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby who pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Boss Baby 2 is scheduled for a March 26, 2021 release via Universal.
It was also announced today that Jeff Hermann will be making his feature film...
- 5/16/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Looking for his next project following Megamind and three Madagascar films, director Tom McGrath was happy to go "from soup to nuts" with Dreamworks' The Boss Baby, a adaptation of a children's book by Marla Frazee, in which he would be tasked with visualizing a child's imagination of the corporate world. A "cute story about parenting"—in which seven-year-old Tim competes with a new baby, dressed in suit and tie, for his parent's affection—The Boss Baby would be an "Incept…...
- 1/11/2018
- Deadline
Jennifer Garner has found her second calling.
It's no secret that the 45-year-old actress is a big fan of Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten, and on Wednesday, she paid tribute to her with a cooking video of herself making Garten's recipe for honey white bread. Wearing a festive plaid shirt and an apron, Garner obviously had fun making her "pretend cooking show."
"I'm far from an expert, but if you want to make your family happy over and over again, this is one recipe that if you get it down, you can do anything with it, by Ina," she says, before hilariously kissing the cookbook. "Love you, Ina."
I tried to do an Ina! What should I do next Ina Garten? #honeywhitebread #pretendcookingshow #emphasisonpretend...
Posted by Jennifer Garner on Wednesday, December 20, 2017
After adding in her own little tips, Garner later makes "breadmen" with the dough, which she explains her mother used to cook for her and her sisters...
It's no secret that the 45-year-old actress is a big fan of Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten, and on Wednesday, she paid tribute to her with a cooking video of herself making Garten's recipe for honey white bread. Wearing a festive plaid shirt and an apron, Garner obviously had fun making her "pretend cooking show."
"I'm far from an expert, but if you want to make your family happy over and over again, this is one recipe that if you get it down, you can do anything with it, by Ina," she says, before hilariously kissing the cookbook. "Love you, Ina."
I tried to do an Ina! What should I do next Ina Garten? #honeywhitebread #pretendcookingshow #emphasisonpretend...
Posted by Jennifer Garner on Wednesday, December 20, 2017
After adding in her own little tips, Garner later makes "breadmen" with the dough, which she explains her mother used to cook for her and her sisters...
- 12/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Jennifer Garner may be an A-lister, but she still gets starstruck.
Et's Cameron Mathison sat down with the 45-year-old actress and her The Tribes of Palos Verdes co-star, Maika Monroe, at the film's junket on Friday, where Garner revealed who she still gets giddy seeing out and about.
"I am starstruck by children's book authors, big time," she revealed. "I met Marla Frazee and was just, didn't even know what to say to her. I am starstruck by ballerinas, big time. I am starstruck...I heard this woman play the saxophone the other day, she was so amazing. I couldn't look at her after. Just anyone who can do something that you can't do."
"Barefoot Contessa!" she added.
Exclusive: Inside Jennifer Garner's 'Ugly Mother' Transformation for 'The Tribes of Palos Verdes'
While Garner gushed about her idols, Monroe, 24, couldn't stop singing Garner's praises. The two play mother and daughter in the film, which centers on their...
Et's Cameron Mathison sat down with the 45-year-old actress and her The Tribes of Palos Verdes co-star, Maika Monroe, at the film's junket on Friday, where Garner revealed who she still gets giddy seeing out and about.
"I am starstruck by children's book authors, big time," she revealed. "I met Marla Frazee and was just, didn't even know what to say to her. I am starstruck by ballerinas, big time. I am starstruck...I heard this woman play the saxophone the other day, she was so amazing. I couldn't look at her after. Just anyone who can do something that you can't do."
"Barefoot Contessa!" she added.
Exclusive: Inside Jennifer Garner's 'Ugly Mother' Transformation for 'The Tribes of Palos Verdes'
While Garner gushed about her idols, Monroe, 24, couldn't stop singing Garner's praises. The two play mother and daughter in the film, which centers on their...
- 11/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
This town is big enough for two boss babies! Less than two months after the release of The Boss Baby, Universal Pictures announced that a sequel is officially in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Alec Baldwin is reuniting with DreamWorks Animation to make The Boss Baby 2. As moviegoers know, the actor lent his voice as Boss Baby in the original movie based on Marla Frazee's picture-book series. The first film centered around a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby who joins his seven-year-old bother to stop the CEO of Puppy Co. Before you judge the plot line, you may want to know the huge numbers this project made at the box office. To date, the movie has earned $468...
- 5/25/2017
- E! Online
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation is delivering another bossy baby with Alec Baldwin. “Boss Baby 2,” a sequel to the animated sleeper hit, has been dated for March 26, 2021. Baldwin will return as voice lead on the project, based on Marla Frazee’s picture-book series. The first film earned nearly $470 million worldwide, and defied all expectations with a triumphant $50 million opening weekend. Also Read: 'The Boss Baby' Wins 2nd Straight Weekend While 'Smurfs' Lags in 3rd Place In the original, Baldwin plays a suit-and-tie-wearing infant who is dropped into a family. Tom McGrath directed, and co-stars included Miles Christopher Bakshi,...
- 5/25/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Set in a world in which babies are made, not born, this is saddled with a plot that doesn’t bear repeating, but there are some laughs
Either a metaphor for how all bosses are babies or why babies shouldn’t be bosses, The Boss Baby’s eponymous infant bears more than a passing resemblance to a another big-headed blond with tiny hands. But this is less an indictment of big corporations than the self-satisfied suggestion that the traditional nuclear family can somehow solve the ills of capitalism. The jokes are decidedly one-note, but still, I admit: I laughed.
Based on Marla Frazee’s slender picture book and directed by Tom McGrath (of DreamWorks’ Madagascar series), its world is one in which babies are manufactured, not born. At “Baby Corp”, newborns are sorted into a life destined for either “family” or – wait for it – “management”. An only child with an overactive imagination,...
Either a metaphor for how all bosses are babies or why babies shouldn’t be bosses, The Boss Baby’s eponymous infant bears more than a passing resemblance to a another big-headed blond with tiny hands. But this is less an indictment of big corporations than the self-satisfied suggestion that the traditional nuclear family can somehow solve the ills of capitalism. The jokes are decidedly one-note, but still, I admit: I laughed.
Based on Marla Frazee’s slender picture book and directed by Tom McGrath (of DreamWorks’ Madagascar series), its world is one in which babies are manufactured, not born. At “Baby Corp”, newborns are sorted into a life destined for either “family” or – wait for it – “management”. An only child with an overactive imagination,...
- 4/9/2017
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
Alec Baldwin voices the title role in DreamWorks' latest animated feature, The Boss Baby. Here's our review...
In the midst of a host of projects that DreamWorks Animation has cancelled or shuffled around its schedules these part few years – the likes of B.O.O., The Croods 2, Me & My Shadow and Mumbai Musical have all been quietly shelved – one film that has remained pretty much bulletproof is The Boss Baby. Based on the short book by Marla Frazee, it’s the fifth feature from director Tom McGrath, and I think the clue for its endurance lies there. Across his previous four movies – the Madagascar films, and Megamind – McGrath has demonstrated a very able touch for comedy, and I suspect that were he working in live action, he’d be far more known that he is.
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The Boss Baby...
In the midst of a host of projects that DreamWorks Animation has cancelled or shuffled around its schedules these part few years – the likes of B.O.O., The Croods 2, Me & My Shadow and Mumbai Musical have all been quietly shelved – one film that has remained pretty much bulletproof is The Boss Baby. Based on the short book by Marla Frazee, it’s the fifth feature from director Tom McGrath, and I think the clue for its endurance lies there. Across his previous four movies – the Madagascar films, and Megamind – McGrath has demonstrated a very able touch for comedy, and I suspect that were he working in live action, he’d be far more known that he is.
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The Boss Baby...
- 4/6/2017
- Den of Geek
2017-04-04T05:39:49-07:00Is 'The Boss Baby' Based on Donald Trump?
Telling the story of a suit-wearing infant (Alec Baldwin) and his sibling rivalry with his new brother, an imaginative 7-year-old named Tim, DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby topped the domestic box office over the weekend with $49 million.
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on Madagascar 2. He played the lion Makunga. I always wanted to work with him again. I made a pitch using an animated baby from Megamind and a line from Alec’s Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock.
Telling the story of a suit-wearing infant (Alec Baldwin) and his sibling rivalry with his new brother, an imaginative 7-year-old named Tim, DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby topped the domestic box office over the weekend with $49 million.
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on Madagascar 2. He played the lion Makunga. I always wanted to work with him again. I made a pitch using an animated baby from Megamind and a line from Alec’s Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock.
- 4/4/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Telling the story of a suit-wearing infant (Alec Baldwin) and his sibling rivalry with his new brother, an imaginative 7-year-old named Tim, DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby topped the domestic box office over the weekend with $49 million.
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on Madagascar 2....
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on Madagascar 2....
- 4/4/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Telling the story of a suit-wearing infant (Alec Baldwin) and his sibling rivalry with his new brother, an imaginative 7-year-old named Tim, DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby topped the domestic box office over the weekend with $49 million.
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on ...
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on ...
Telling the story of a suit-wearing infant (Alec Baldwin) and his sibling rivalry with his new brother, an imaginative 7-year-old named Tim, DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby topped the domestic box office over the weekend with $49 million.
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on ...
Inspired by Marla Frazee's picture book, the animated feature was helmed by Tom McGrath, who is perhaps best known as director (and voice of the penguin Skipper) on all three Madagascar films. The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with McGrath.
On casting Alec Baldwin and the Donald Trump comparisons:
There was no other choice but Alec. I had worked with him on ...
2017-04-03T04:47:34-07:00Weekend Box Offfice: 'Bossy Baby' Beats 'Beauty'
DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby proved to be the boss, all right. The Fox release grabbed an estimated $49 million over its debut weekend, unseating Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to take the top spot at the domestic box office.
Boss Baby just managed to edge out Beauty, which collected another $47.5 million during its third weekend as its domestic gross rose to $395.5 million.
The news wasn’t so upbeat for the weekend’s other new wide release, Paramount’s futuristic thriller Ghost in the Shell, starring Scarlett Johansson. Based on a Japanese manga, the film, which became the poster child for whitewashing when Johansson was cast in the central role of a cyber-soldier, grossed an underwhelming $19 million as it settled into the third spot in the rankings.
On the international front, Beauty led all its...
DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby proved to be the boss, all right. The Fox release grabbed an estimated $49 million over its debut weekend, unseating Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to take the top spot at the domestic box office.
Boss Baby just managed to edge out Beauty, which collected another $47.5 million during its third weekend as its domestic gross rose to $395.5 million.
The news wasn’t so upbeat for the weekend’s other new wide release, Paramount’s futuristic thriller Ghost in the Shell, starring Scarlett Johansson. Based on a Japanese manga, the film, which became the poster child for whitewashing when Johansson was cast in the central role of a cyber-soldier, grossed an underwhelming $19 million as it settled into the third spot in the rankings.
On the international front, Beauty led all its...
- 4/3/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
2017-03-31T13:01:49-07:00'Boss Baby' Has a Strong Friday
DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby is giving reigning champ Beauty and the Beast a run for its money at the box office this Friday, according to early estimates.
Both films look as if they will be collecting about $12.5 million for the day — although Baby's haul includes the $1.5 million it collected at Thursday night previews. And so, during the course of the weekend, Disney's Beauty is expected to pull ahead, grossing a number in the high $40-million range for the three days, while Baby, released by Fox, will probably check in, above expectations, in the low $40-million neighborhood.
As for the weekend's other new wide release, Paramount's Scarlett Johansson-starrer Ghost in the Shell roped in $1.8 million at its Thursday night showings. It appears headed to about $8.5 million for the day (including its Thursday night...
DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby is giving reigning champ Beauty and the Beast a run for its money at the box office this Friday, according to early estimates.
Both films look as if they will be collecting about $12.5 million for the day — although Baby's haul includes the $1.5 million it collected at Thursday night previews. And so, during the course of the weekend, Disney's Beauty is expected to pull ahead, grossing a number in the high $40-million range for the three days, while Baby, released by Fox, will probably check in, above expectations, in the low $40-million neighborhood.
As for the weekend's other new wide release, Paramount's Scarlett Johansson-starrer Ghost in the Shell roped in $1.8 million at its Thursday night showings. It appears headed to about $8.5 million for the day (including its Thursday night...
- 3/31/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Two Very Different Movies Look to Divide Up the Weekend Box Office Business
With Disney’s Beauty and the Beast continuing to dominate at the box office with $90 million this past weekend, and Saban’s Power Rangers (Lionsgate) also doing exceedingly well with $40 million in second place, you wouldn’t think anyone would try to release a movie that might get overshadowed by those two blockbusters.
That said, what’s interesting about this weekend is the fact there are two very different movies that are competing very heavily for second place with DreamWorks Animation’s latest animated family film, The Boss Baby (20th Century Fox), taking on the live action English remake of Ghost In The Shell (Paramount), starring Scarlett Johansson. In most cases,...
Two Very Different Movies Look to Divide Up the Weekend Box Office Business
With Disney’s Beauty and the Beast continuing to dominate at the box office with $90 million this past weekend, and Saban’s Power Rangers (Lionsgate) also doing exceedingly well with $40 million in second place, you wouldn’t think anyone would try to release a movie that might get overshadowed by those two blockbusters.
That said, what’s interesting about this weekend is the fact there are two very different movies that are competing very heavily for second place with DreamWorks Animation’s latest animated family film, The Boss Baby (20th Century Fox), taking on the live action English remake of Ghost In The Shell (Paramount), starring Scarlett Johansson. In most cases,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Sibling rivalry can really put a family through the ole’ ringer, really it can be “H-e-double hockey sticks. But for writers it’s heaven sent, a ready to order formula for drama with a conflict going way, way back to Cain and Abel. It certainly works for all movie genres and formats, even the animated feature films. While a great majority of cartoon heroes and heroines are solo offspring from single parent homes (like Belle and Jasmine) and others are orphans (Aladdin and Mowgli), there have been some siblings mixed in there. There were 99 dalmatians, Ariel had several sisters, and both Wendy Darling and Princess Merida had rambunctious brothers. Oh, and we can’t forget the sister superstars, Elsa and Anna of Frozen (although many parents may want to after hearing “Let it Go” on a near continuous loop). Now comes an animated tale of two brothers with the rivalry ramped to a fever pitch,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – The young Alec Baldwin (think “Prelude to a Kiss”) never seemed as prevalent as the today’s Alec Baldwin. Taking his “30 Rock” persona to a different level, he voices the title character of ‘The Boss Baby,” the latest from Dreamworks Animation and director Tom McGrath.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film works well on a couple levels – as a warm story on family dynamics when a new baby comes into a sibling’s territory, and as a hilarious satire on American business, especially during the 1960s Mad-Men era. Baldwin’s interpretation of Michael McCullers’ screenplay adaptation (of a children’s book by Marla Frazee) is the highlight of a conventional we-gotta-save-the-world type story. Riffing on crass businessmen is a Baldwin specialty, and he takes the Boss Baby and lifts it to a height where the mere presence of the character elicits laughs. Director Tom McGrath (“Madagascar” series, “Megamind”) uses a familiar animation...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film works well on a couple levels – as a warm story on family dynamics when a new baby comes into a sibling’s territory, and as a hilarious satire on American business, especially during the 1960s Mad-Men era. Baldwin’s interpretation of Michael McCullers’ screenplay adaptation (of a children’s book by Marla Frazee) is the highlight of a conventional we-gotta-save-the-world type story. Riffing on crass businessmen is a Baldwin specialty, and he takes the Boss Baby and lifts it to a height where the mere presence of the character elicits laughs. Director Tom McGrath (“Madagascar” series, “Megamind”) uses a familiar animation...
- 3/30/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – In one of the most natural pieces of voice casting in cartoon history, Alec Baldwin portrays the title character in Dreamworks Animation’s “The Boss Baby.” The director is animation veteran Tom McGrath (“Madagascar”), and the producer is Ramsey Ann Naito, and they were both in Chicago to promote the film.
“The Boss Baby” is fast, loose, funny and full of heart. Based on a children’s book by Marla Frazee, the animated version combines baby brother jealousy with Mad Men-era business self help, in a crazy visual landscape. Alec Baldwin is at his “30 Rock” best as the Boss Baby, delivering lines like the parody of his famous movie quote, “cookies are for closers.” There are many layers in the film, but mostly it is a hilarious metaphor on how families adjust when new siblings are added to the mix.
Alec Baldwin is the Voice of ‘The Boss Baby,...
“The Boss Baby” is fast, loose, funny and full of heart. Based on a children’s book by Marla Frazee, the animated version combines baby brother jealousy with Mad Men-era business self help, in a crazy visual landscape. Alec Baldwin is at his “30 Rock” best as the Boss Baby, delivering lines like the parody of his famous movie quote, “cookies are for closers.” There are many layers in the film, but mostly it is a hilarious metaphor on how families adjust when new siblings are added to the mix.
Alec Baldwin is the Voice of ‘The Boss Baby,...
- 3/29/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Let's address the elephant-sized diaper in the room, shall we? No, The Boss Baby is not about Donald Trump. Not that director Tom McGrath, or screenwriter Michael McCullers, or anyone at Fox or Dreamworks Animation would ever say that it was; it's safe to assume that this adaptation of Marla Frazee's 2010 children's book was in the works long before our current administration slithered its way into office. But given that this tiny tyrant is voiced by none other than Alec Baldwin, who's carved out a lucrative side career imitating an infantile commander-in-chief,...
- 3/29/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The Boss Baby is, at its heart, a children’s movie. One that references Glengarry Glen Ross, speaks loudest about work/life imbalance and includes an uncomfortable exchange where a small child tells his baby brother he “won’t suck it.” Like, for an entire minute. Writer Michael McCullers pulls strange influences from Marla Frazee’s similarly-titled literature, most of which zoom over the heads of young audiences. Kids these days will understand deep-dive references to Lord Of The Rings, right? Even worse is an intended obsession with butt jokes (things going in and coming out), along with a Storks-like ignorance about where babies come from.
But hey, look! An infant in a business suit! Just ignore the other aspects of this animated puzzler and go ga-ga for some mini-Banana Republic duds.
Director Tom McGrath’s starts our adventure at Baby Corp., a factory where children appear on white, heavenly slides.
But hey, look! An infant in a business suit! Just ignore the other aspects of this animated puzzler and go ga-ga for some mini-Banana Republic duds.
Director Tom McGrath’s starts our adventure at Baby Corp., a factory where children appear on white, heavenly slides.
- 3/27/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Words like "inventive" and "inspired" are very rarely applied to the parade of cookie-cutter animated features that pass through the multiplex each year, but The Boss Baby proves a refreshing exception.
Based on the 36-page picture book by Marla Frazee and featuring the pitch-perfect voice of Alec Baldwin as a onesie suit-wearing, corporate-minded blessed arrival, this DreamWorks Animation effort is a delightful blend of clever and tender that's certain to tickle audiences of all ages and stages.
Although the setup might have suggested otherwise, with the depiction of a newborn assembly line that resembled the schematic for last year’s...
Based on the 36-page picture book by Marla Frazee and featuring the pitch-perfect voice of Alec Baldwin as a onesie suit-wearing, corporate-minded blessed arrival, this DreamWorks Animation effort is a delightful blend of clever and tender that's certain to tickle audiences of all ages and stages.
Although the setup might have suggested otherwise, with the depiction of a newborn assembly line that resembled the schematic for last year’s...
- 3/12/2017
- by Michael Rechtshaffen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Milan Kundera once wrote that “a single metaphor can give birth to love.” But, for all his genius, what the great Czech novelist failed to foresee is that a single metaphor can also give birth to a mildly tolerable kids movie in which Alec Baldwin voices a business-minded newborn. For you see, Dreamworks Animation’s “The Boss Baby” isn’t — as the unenlightened masses might understandably assume — just a disposable cartoon about a hyper-intelligent infant who becomes the CEO of a major corporation. I mean, it is definitely that, don’t get me wrong, but it isn’t only that. No, “The Boss Baby” is also, like, one of those movies that’s about something, ya know?
It’s about how babies (wait for it) are like (here it comes) the (buckle up!) Boss of the family, forcing everyone else in the house to adjust to their schedule and whims.
It’s about how babies (wait for it) are like (here it comes) the (buckle up!) Boss of the family, forcing everyone else in the house to adjust to their schedule and whims.
- 3/12/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Alec Baldwin wearing a power suit yelling out manaical things at people beneath him.
No, this isn’t another skit of Baldwin playing Trump on SNL, but rather, a movie featuring Baldwin as a genius baby trying to get the better of people around him… And we thought Hollywood was out of ideas.
Baldwin lends his voice for the lead role of “Baby” in The Boss Baby, a film that features a baby running an entire operation and just about outwitting anyone he encounters. Also voicing characters include Steve Buscemi as Francis E. Francis (not a typo), Tobey Maguire as the Narrator and “OIder Tim,” and with Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel voicing the mother and father, respectively.
Megamind and Madagascar director (and writer of the latter) Tom McGrath also shows his directing chops for this film, and if it’s anything like the previous three Madagascar movies, we can...
No, this isn’t another skit of Baldwin playing Trump on SNL, but rather, a movie featuring Baldwin as a genius baby trying to get the better of people around him… And we thought Hollywood was out of ideas.
Baldwin lends his voice for the lead role of “Baby” in The Boss Baby, a film that features a baby running an entire operation and just about outwitting anyone he encounters. Also voicing characters include Steve Buscemi as Francis E. Francis (not a typo), Tobey Maguire as the Narrator and “OIder Tim,” and with Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel voicing the mother and father, respectively.
Megamind and Madagascar director (and writer of the latter) Tom McGrath also shows his directing chops for this film, and if it’s anything like the previous three Madagascar movies, we can...
- 12/27/2016
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
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