Animations

During the Covid-19 pandemic, part of the production was done remotely. While the animation for the film was done at DWA Glendale, Jellyfish Pictures, who worked on How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming and Spirit Untamed, used its production resources for the family business.

Information

The Boss Baby: Family Business (known as The Boss Baby 2 in other territories) is a 2021 American animated comedy film directed by Tom McGraw from a screenplay by Michael McCullers and a story by McGraw and McCullers. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is based on the 2010 picture book The Boss Baby and its 2016 sequel The Boss Baby by Marla Frazee. The film is the second installment of The Boss Baby franchise and a sequel to the 2017 film. It features voices by James Marsden, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Jeff Goldblum and Eva Longoria, while Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow reprise their roles from the first film.

The plot follows the now-adult Templeton brothers who get back together after Tim’s daughter, Tina, asks for their help in stopping a professor from erasing the world’s childhood, Baby Corp. In May 2017, plans for a Boss Baby sequel were announced, with McGrath returning to direct. Animation began at DWA Glendale and some production assets were borrowed from Jellyfish Pictures, where voice acting was done remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 2, 2021 in traditional and select RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and 4DX formats by Universal Pictures; It also flowed on Peacock’s payment levels for 60 days. The film grossed over $146 million worldwide against an $82 million budget and received mixed reviews from critics.

A third Boss Baby film was announced in early development.

Details

Tim Templeton is now an adult and lives with his wife Carol and their two daughters, 7-year-old Tabitha and infant Tina. Tim’s younger brother Ted is a successful CEO and is always absent. One night, Tim discovers that Tina is from Baby Corp, just like Ted was, and has been assigned to a “special mission” that requires Ted’s presence. Tim refuses to call Ted, saying he will never come. However, Tina leaves a fake voicemail for Ted, luring him to the Templeton home.

The next morning, Ted arrives and Tim explains to him that Tina is a Baby Corp recruit. Tina introduces the brothers to a new formula that will allow them to infiltrate Tabitha’s school and return to the children for 48 hours to find out what Dr. Erwin Armstrong, founder and principal of the Acorn Center for Advanced Childhood, is planning behind the parents’ backs. the back

At school, Tim, now his 7-year-old self, follows Tabitha to her class while baby Ted is placed with the other children. Ted rallies the kids to help him out of the playroom so he can go to Armstrong’s office to investigate. Tim disrupts class and tries to be sent to the principal’s office, but is instead placed in “The Box” to time out. Ted discovers that Armstrong is actually a child himself, who ran away from home after realizing he was smarter than his parents and now makes money creating popular phone apps. His ultimate plan is to get rid of every parent on B-Day, so they can no longer tell their children what to do.

On the night of a holiday pageant, where Tabitha is scheduled to sing a solo, the brothers and Tina plan to expose Armstrong. However, they learn that B-Day is going to happen that night through Armstrong’s new app, QT-Snap, which will hypnotize the parents into mindless zombies. Both Tim and Ted are captured by Armstrong’s ninja kids and placed in The Box, which slowly begins to fill with water. Tabitha performs her solo, but when she sees that Tim doesn’t show up, she leaves the stage in tears. He is comforted by Tina, who reveals his identity and his goals. Tabitha agrees to help her little sister by visiting the server and shutting down the QT-Snap before going global. Ted summons Precious, Tabitha’s pet pony, to school, to get them out of The Box.

Tim and Ted reach the server first, but are stopped by Armstrong, who calls the zombie parents for backup. As the brothers hold them back as the formula shuts down, Tina and Tabitha climb into the server. Tabitha manages to hack in and pull the shutdown screen, but is interrupted by Armstrong. The sisters then set off on a candy lava volcano journey using Mentos and soda, destroying the servers and returning all the parents to normal. Tina then reveals that her original mission was to bring Tim and Ted back together. As the entire Templeton family gathers to celebrate Christmas, Armstrong returns to his own family.

Cartoon Voice Cast

Alec Baldwin as Ted Templeton Jr. aka The Boss Baby, former Baby Corporation executive, younger brother of Tim, uncle of Tina and Tabitha, brother-in-law of Carol, and younger son of Ted Sr. and Janice
James Marsden is Tim Templeton, Ted Jr.’s older brother, Carol’s husband, Tina and Tabitha’s father, and Ted Sr. and Janice’s older son. Marsden replaced Tobey Maguire and Miles Bakshi from the first film, where Maguire voiced the adult Tim and Bakshi voiced the younger Tim.
Amy Sedaris as Tina Templeton, a secretive and new executive at Baby Corporation, younger daughter of Tim and Carol, younger sister of Tabitha, younger niece of Ted and younger granddaughter of Ted Sr. and Janice
Ariana Greenblatt as Tabitha Templeton, Tina’s older sister, Tina’s older sister, Tim and Carol’s highly intelligent older daughter, Ted’s great niece, and Ted Sr. and Janice’s great granddaughter. Greenblatt replaced Nina Jo Boxey from the first film
Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Erwin Armstrong, a genius child with a plan to eliminate all adults
Eva Longoria as Carol Templeton, Tim’s wife, sister-in-law of Ted Jr., daughter-in-law of Ted Sr. and Janice, and mother of Tina and Tabitha
Jimmy Kimmel as Ted Templeton Sr., Janice’s husband, Ted Jr. and Tim’s father, Carol’s father-in-law, and Tina and Tabitha’s grandfather
Lisa Kudrow as Janice Templeton, wife of Ted Sr., mother of Ted Jr. and Tim, mother-in-law of Carol, and grandmother of Tina and Tabitha
James McGrath as Weezy, Tim’s Gandalf-esque alarm clock from his childhood

Box Office

The Boss Baby: Family Business grossed $57.3 million in the United States and Canada and $89.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $146.8 million.

The film was released alongside The Forever Purge on July 2, 2021, The Boss Baby: Family Business grossed $7.7 million on its opening day, including $1.3 million from Thursday night previews. The film debuted at second with $17.3 million from 3,640 theaters. With the top three films at the box office, F9, Family Business, and The Forever Purge, all released by Universal, it was the first time a single studio had done so since February 2005. Its second weekend grosses fell 47 percent to $8.7 million, and another $4.7 million in its third weekend.

About

Directed by	Tom McGrath
Screenplay by	Michael McCullers
Story by	·         Tom McGrath ·         Michael McCullers
Based on	The Boss Baby and The Bossier Baby by Marla Frazee
Produced by	Jeff Hermann
Starring	·         Alec Baldwin ·         James Marsden ·         Amy Sedaris ·         Ariana Greenblatt ·         Jeff Goldblum ·         Eva Longoria ·         Jimmy Kimmel ·         Lisa Kudrow
Edited by	·         Mary Blee ·         Mark A. Hester
Music by	·         Hans Zimmer ·         Steve Mazzaro
Production company	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	·         July 2, 2021
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$82 million
Box office	$146.8 million

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