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
Boss Baby was certainly tailored made for Alec Baldwin.
Baldwin voiced the main character in this fun animated movie about a suit-wearing baby sent to disable a diabolical plot from the Puppy Company to replace babies with puppies.
The voice cast also included Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire and Miles Bakshi. It is directed by Tom McGrath.
Lrm participated in a round table interview earlier this summer in promotion for the home entertainment.
The Boss Baby is currently available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD download.
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Baldwin voiced the main character in this fun animated movie about a suit-wearing baby sent to disable a diabolical plot from the Puppy Company to replace babies with puppies.
The voice cast also included Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire and Miles Bakshi. It is directed by Tom McGrath.
Lrm participated in a round table interview earlier this summer in promotion for the home entertainment.
The Boss Baby is currently available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD download.
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- 7/26/2017
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Kayti Burt May 26, 2017
Alec Baldwin will return to voice the eponymous Boss Baby....
The Boss Baby is getting a sequel. DreamWorks Animation announced this week (via Variety) that Boss Baby 2 is happening and that it is slated for a March 26th 2021 release.
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Alec Baldwin will be returning to voice the Boss Baby for the sequel. The first film in the series was a box office success when it opened in March of this year, earning $167 million in the Us and $469 million worldwide on a $125 million budget. (So the news of the sequel is not such a surprise.)
For those who haven't seen the flick, Boss Baby tells the story of a suit-wearing babe who must work with his seven-year-old brother to stop the nefarious CEO of Puppy Co. It is based on a picture book series of the same name by author Maria Frazee.
Alec Baldwin will return to voice the eponymous Boss Baby....
The Boss Baby is getting a sequel. DreamWorks Animation announced this week (via Variety) that Boss Baby 2 is happening and that it is slated for a March 26th 2021 release.
See related Jurassic World review Looking back at Jurassic Park
Alec Baldwin will be returning to voice the Boss Baby for the sequel. The first film in the series was a box office success when it opened in March of this year, earning $167 million in the Us and $469 million worldwide on a $125 million budget. (So the news of the sequel is not such a surprise.)
For those who haven't seen the flick, Boss Baby tells the story of a suit-wearing babe who must work with his seven-year-old brother to stop the nefarious CEO of Puppy Co. It is based on a picture book series of the same name by author Maria Frazee.
- 5/26/2017
- Den of Geek
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
The Boss Baby (2017) Video Movie Review, a DreamWorks Animation movie directed by Tom McGrath and starring Alec Baldwin as Boss Baby, Miles Christopher Bakshi as Tim, Steve Buscemi as Francis Francis, Jimmy Kimmel as Dad and Lisa Kudrow as Mom In this video review, I delve into Tom McGrath’s The Boss Baby and discuss the film’s story, animation, […]...
- 4/7/2017
- by Mathieu Brunet
- Film-Book
Baldwin’s husky basso profundo is a joy in this good-natured but confusing tale of a tiny-handed, briefcase-carrying newborn and a sinister conspiracy
Related: The Boss Baby: just a corny kidflick – or a subtle political satire?
Glengarry Glen Ross, 30 Rock, SNL’s President Trump … Alec Baldwin gives a quickfire recapitulation of those classic earlier turns in this amusing if convoluted animation, which, like the recent baby comedy Storks, ties itself in knots developing the initial premise. There’s some good-natured entertainment along the way, and Baldwin’s husky basso profundo is always enjoyable. He is the voice of Boss Baby, a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying newborn who is resented by his seven-year-old brother Tim (voiced by Miles Christopher Bakshi) for tyrannically imposing his corporate-style rule on the household. The Trumpian tininess of his hands is periodically shown up when he attempts a handshake or a fistbump.
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Related: The Boss Baby: just a corny kidflick – or a subtle political satire?
Glengarry Glen Ross, 30 Rock, SNL’s President Trump … Alec Baldwin gives a quickfire recapitulation of those classic earlier turns in this amusing if convoluted animation, which, like the recent baby comedy Storks, ties itself in knots developing the initial premise. There’s some good-natured entertainment along the way, and Baldwin’s husky basso profundo is always enjoyable. He is the voice of Boss Baby, a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying newborn who is resented by his seven-year-old brother Tim (voiced by Miles Christopher Bakshi) for tyrannically imposing his corporate-style rule on the household. The Trumpian tininess of his hands is periodically shown up when he attempts a handshake or a fistbump.
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- 4/6/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Guest
Fans of 30 Rock rejoice – Jack Donagee is back in the boardroom. Well, sort of. In The Boss Baby, Alec Baldwin lends his voice to a tiny tyrant in diapers, dispatched to take on the one thing that threatens babies’ place as the kingpins of cuteness: puppies. It’s a pretty zany concept for a kids’ movie, but coming from director Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Megamind) we wouldn’t really expect anything less.
If you’ve seen the trailer you’ll probably have a good idea of what to expect – this is a film that really does exactly what it says on the tin. That’s not necessarily a criticism of The Boss Baby; it’s a charming kid’s film with a couple of adult jokes thrown into the mix, and fans of Baldwin in particular will enjoy his no-nonsense performance as the titular character, who bears a strong...
Fans of 30 Rock rejoice – Jack Donagee is back in the boardroom. Well, sort of. In The Boss Baby, Alec Baldwin lends his voice to a tiny tyrant in diapers, dispatched to take on the one thing that threatens babies’ place as the kingpins of cuteness: puppies. It’s a pretty zany concept for a kids’ movie, but coming from director Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Megamind) we wouldn’t really expect anything less.
If you’ve seen the trailer you’ll probably have a good idea of what to expect – this is a film that really does exactly what it says on the tin. That’s not necessarily a criticism of The Boss Baby; it’s a charming kid’s film with a couple of adult jokes thrown into the mix, and fans of Baldwin in particular will enjoy his no-nonsense performance as the titular character, who bears a strong...
- 4/4/2017
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
[Warning: This story contains spoilers from The Boss Baby.]
Is Fox trying for The Bossier Baby?
Audiences of The Boss Baby — starring Alec Baldwin as a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying infant on a mission to divert parents' love from puppies — might assume as much, since the animated movie ended with a hint toward a sequel.
Directed by Tom McGrath, the film ends with Baldwin's Boss Baby opting out of his corner office and ceremoniously shedding his suit to join Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi) and the Templeton family — this time, as an actual younger brother. It then jumps a...
Is Fox trying for The Bossier Baby?
Audiences of The Boss Baby — starring Alec Baldwin as a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying infant on a mission to divert parents' love from puppies — might assume as much, since the animated movie ended with a hint toward a sequel.
Directed by Tom McGrath, the film ends with Baldwin's Boss Baby opting out of his corner office and ceremoniously shedding his suit to join Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi) and the Templeton family — this time, as an actual younger brother. It then jumps a...
- 4/3/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
Tim has a healthy, overactive imagination. A C-student who frequently daydreams, his little brother keeps his eye on the prize, managing family expectations while reporting to the head of Baby Corp., an industrial farm in the sky where babies really come from. This is the premise of The Boss Baby, a Saturday-morning cartoon that’s absurdly enjoyable in passages, even if it occasionally feels more like a brand experience than an actual movie. It is colorful and frantic, but still leaves one wanting something more substantive — perhaps a mini-middle manager is a tough sell for the kiddies. Thankfully it never dives into a deep analysis of Six Sigma and other management theories, even if Alec Baldwin’s voice performance as the film’s title character channels his 30 Rock Ge executive Jack Donaghy.
Opening with the premise that Baby Corp., a wholesale provider of babies, is losing its market share to Puppy Co.
Opening with the premise that Baby Corp., a wholesale provider of babies, is losing its market share to Puppy Co.
- 3/31/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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
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
For DreamWorks director Tom McGrath (the “Madagascar” franchise), “The Boss Baby” not only provided a personal story about sibling rivalry and corporate displacement, with Alec Baldwin voicing a Trump-like corporate bully, but also the opportunity to create a separate 2D graphic design for several fantasy sequences.
“I think we’ve forgotten our roots a little bit [with CG],” McGrath told IndieWire. “But since we were doing a movie about a 7-year-old’s imagination, we could be very stylized, very abstract, and very colorful. And we had our heroes of animation from the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s to drawn on: Maurice Noble, Mary Blair, Ward Kimball, and Chuck Jones.”
Read More: ‘The Boss Baby’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Fight for Second Behind the Unstoppable ‘Beauty and the Beast’
After dabbling in a 2D sequence for “Madagascar 3,” McGrath experimented further with 2D environments inside the mind of his protagonist, Tim Templeton (voiced by...
“I think we’ve forgotten our roots a little bit [with CG],” McGrath told IndieWire. “But since we were doing a movie about a 7-year-old’s imagination, we could be very stylized, very abstract, and very colorful. And we had our heroes of animation from the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s to drawn on: Maurice Noble, Mary Blair, Ward Kimball, and Chuck Jones.”
Read More: ‘The Boss Baby’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Fight for Second Behind the Unstoppable ‘Beauty and the Beast’
After dabbling in a 2D sequence for “Madagascar 3,” McGrath experimented further with 2D environments inside the mind of his protagonist, Tim Templeton (voiced by...
- 3/30/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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
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
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
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