The Boss Baby: Family Business

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Directed by

Tom McGrath

Produced by

Jeff Hermann

Written by

Michael McCullers

Starring

Alec Baldwin
James Marsden
Amy Sedaris
Ariana Greenblatt
Jeff Goldblum
Eva Longoria
Jimmy Kimmel
Lisa Kudrow

Ariana GreenblattEva Longoria

Music by

Hans Zimmer
Steve Mazzaro

Steve Mazzaro

Editing by

Mary Blee
Mark A. Hester

Production company(s)

DreamWorks Animation

Distributed by

Universal Pictures

Release date(s)

July 2, 2021

Running time

107 minutes

Language

English

Budget

$82 million

Preceded by

Spirit Untamed

Followed by

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“I Love Casual Fridays.”

―Tagline

The Boss Baby: Family Business[1] (Titled in other countries as The Boss Baby 2) is a computer-animated comedy film based loosely on the 2010 picture book “The Boss Baby!” by Marla Frazee, and a sequel to The Boss Baby (2017). It was released in theaters and on Peacock premium on July 2, 2021 and is the 41st feature film produced by Dreamworks Animation.

The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $77 million worldwide against its $82 million budget.

Plot

Set 40 years after the events of the first film, Tim Templeton is now fully grown and lives with his wife Carol and their two daughters, 7 years old Tabitha and infant Tina. Tim’s younger brother Ted is now a successful CEO and is never around, instead sending lavish gifts to Tim and his family.

Tabitha is exhibiting more grown-up behavior, and one night while a discouraged Tim wonders about the person his daughter is becoming, he hears something from Tina’s room. He discovers that Tina is a Boss Baby, just as Ted once was, and that she has been assigned to get Ted there for a special mission. Tim refuses to call, saying that he will never come, and encourages Tina to go back to sleep. However, Tina leaves a false voicemail for Ted, luring him to the Templeton’s house.

The next morning Ted arrives and Tim tries to explain him that Tina is a Boss Baby and Ted just does not remember that he was one, too. Tina reveals herself as a Boss Baby to Ted and gives them both magic pacifiers to visit BabyCorp. Tina introduces the brothers to a new formula that will allow them to turn back into children for 48 hours in order to go undercover to Tabitha’s school and figure out what Dr. Erwin Armstrong, founder and principal of the school, is planning behind parents’ back.

At the school, Tim, now as his 7-years-old self, follows Tabitha to her class, while baby Ted is placed with all the other babies. Ted rallies the babies to help him get out of the playroom so that he can go Armstrong’s office to investigate. Tim tries to get sent to the principal’s office as well by disrupting class, but is instead put in “The Box” for timeout. Ted discovers that Armstrong is actually a baby himself, having run away from home after realizing that he was smarter than his parents and now makes money by creating popular phone apps. His ultimate plan is to get rid of every parent on B-Day, so that they can not tell their children what to do anymore. After being unable to get ahold of BabyCorp and seeing that the brothers are once again drifting apart, Tina makes a show of quitting and says that they will complete the mission themselves.

On the night of the holiday pageant, where Tabitha is supposed to sing a solo, the brothers and Tina plans to expose Armstrong as a fraud. However, they learn that B-Day is set to happen that night through Armstrong’s new app, QT-Snap, which will send out a hypnotic signal to turn the parents into zombies. Both Tim and Ted are caught by Armstrong’s ninja babies and are put in The Box, which slowly starts to fill with water. After it seems they are doomed, the brothers repair their broken relationship. Tabitha is able to sing her solo, but when she sees that Tim is not there, she runs off the stage crying. She is consoled by Tina, who reveals her identity and her mission, and she agrees to help her sister by getting to the server and shutting down QT-Snap before it can go worldwide. Ted is able to call Precious, Tabitha’s pet pony, into the school, who breaks them out of The Box.

Tim and Ted reach the server first, but they are stopped by Armstrong, who calls the zombie parents for backup. While the brothers hold them back as the formula starts to wear off, Tina and Tabitha get up to the server. Tabitha is able to hack in and pull up the shutdown screen, but the keyboard is destroyed by Armstrong. The sisters then set off a candy volcano using Mentos and soda, destroying the servers and turn all parents back to normal.

Tina reveals that her true mission was bringing Tim and Ted back together, and then the whole Templeton family gathers to celebrate Christmas, while Armstrong returns to his own family.

Cast

Pre-Production

In May 2017, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced that a sequel was set to be released on March 26, 2021, with Alec Baldwin reprising his role.[1] In May 2019, it was announced that Tom McGrath will return as director and Jeff Hermann, whose credits include Bilby, Bird Karma, and Marooned, will replace the first film’s producer Ramsey Ann Naito as producer.[2]

Production

In May 2020, portions of production were done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In August 2020, Hans Zimmer, Bilbyrock Ambrin and Steve Mazzar, who previously composed the score for the first film, were confirmed to return for the sequel.[4] In September 2020, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Greenblatt, Eva Longoria, James Marsden (replacing Tobey Maguire) and Amy Sedaris joined the cast, alongside returning actors Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow.[5]

Post-Production

In December 2020, the film was delayed to September 17, 2021.[6] In May 2021, the film was pushed up to July 2, 2021. The film will also stream on Peacock on the same day as its theatrical release date for 60 days.[7]

Marketing

Trailers