The Boss Baby
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Created by	Marla Frazee
Original work	The Boss Baby (2010)
Owners	DreamWorks Animation (Universal Pictures[a])
Years	2017-present
Films and television
Film(s)	The Boss Baby (2017) The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) The Boss Baby 3 (TBA)
Short film(s)	Treasure Hunt Through Time[broken anchor] (2017) Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale (2021)
Animated series	Back in Business (2018–2020) Back in the Crib (2022–2023)
Television special(s)	Get That Baby! (2020) Christmas Bonus (2022)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	The Boss Baby Family Business

The Boss Baby is amedia franchise made byDreamWorks Animation, loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name byMarla Frazee.^[2] The franchise began with the 2017 filmThe Boss Baby and has since grown to include a 2021 sequel,Family Business; two television series,Back in Business (2018–2020) andBack in the Crib (2022–2023); twoshort films; and a 2020 interactive special, with a third film in active development.

The franchise revolves around the Templeton family, particularly Tim and his younger adopted brother Ted, the latter of whom is an intelligent, talking baby who works for Baby Corp, a top-secret organization that creates the worlds' babies and helps get them to their proper families.

The Boss Baby is a 2017 American animated comedy film produced byDreamWorks Animation and distributed by20th Century Fox, following a 7-year-old boy named Tim helping his baby brother who is a secret agent in the war for adults' love between babies and puppies.

The film was scheduled for a March 18, 2016 release, however another DreamWorks Animation film,Kung Fu Panda 3, took over its date to avoid competition withStar Wars: The Force Awakens, moving the release date to March 31, 2017.The Boss Baby was released on Digital HD on July 4, 2017, and was released on DVD, Blu-ray,Blu-ray 3D andUltra HD Blu-ray on July 25, 2017, by20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.^[3] The film features the voices ofAlec Baldwin as the title character, along with Miles Bakshi,Steve Buscemi,Jimmy Kimmel,Lisa Kudrow andTobey Maguire.

The Boss Baby: Family Business is a 2021 Americansequel to the 2017The Boss Baby film, again produced byDreamWorks Animation and distributed byUniversal Pictures, following the estranged Templeton brothers being reunited by Tim's daughters, one of whom is a new agent from BabyCorp on a mission to uncover the dark secrets behind Tabitha's school and its mysterious founder, Dr. Armstrong.^[4]

On May 25, 2017,Universal Pictures andDreamWorks Animation announced that a sequel was set to be released on March 26, 2021, but was delayed to September 17, 2021, taking over the release date ofThe Bad Guys.^[5] The film was moved up to July 2, 2021, and will also stream onPeacock on the same day for free.^[6] On May 8, 2020, production was being done remotely during theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[7] Along with a returning Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow, the film features the voices ofJames Marsden,Amy Sedaris,Ariana Greenblatt,Eva Longoria andJeff Goldblum.

In June 2021, during a Q&A with Alec Baldwin and Amy Sedaris, a thirdBoss Baby film was announced to be in early development.^[8]

• The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time (2017): A 2D and 3D animated short film released on July 25, 2017, onThe Boss BabyBlu-ray andDVD pack, following Wizzie, the wizard from Tim'salarm clock, as he narrates Tim and Ted's (Boss Baby's) adventures inimagination.^[3]
• Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale (2021): a 2D animated short film released on September 14 onThe Boss Baby: Family BusinessBlu-ray andDVD pack, following a bedtime story to Tina and Tabitha about Precious, the pony Ted gave Tabitha as a lavish gift, who tries to win a carnival talent show from a rival horse, being narrated by Ted himself (reprised by Alec Baldwin).

An animated television series based on the first film, titledThe Boss Baby: Back in Business, aired onNetflix between April 6, 2018^[9] and March 16, 2020.^[10] A total of 37^[11] episodes were released. The cast featured new voice actors for the characters of Boss Baby (JP Karliak), Tim (Pierce Gagnon), Ted Templeton Sr. (David W. Collins), Janice Templeton (Hope Levy), Jimbo (Kevin Michael Richardson), and Staci (Alex Cazares), while Eric Bell Jr. reprised his role as The Triplets from the film.^[10] This series was produced byDreamWorks Animation and distributed byNBCUniversal Television.^[11]

On March 10, 2022, DreamWorks announced a new series and a possible continuation ofBack in Business based on the characters fromThe Boss Baby: Family Business. It was released on May 19, 2022 on Netflix, with JP Karliak (the only actor reprising fromBack in Business) reprising his role as the titular character,Ariana Greenblatt (the only actor reprising fromFamily Business) reprising her role as Tabitha,Max Mittelman replacesPierce Gagnon from the first series as Tim, andMary Faber and Krizia Bajos replaceAmy Sedaris andEva Longoria from the second film as Tina and Carol respectively.^[12][13][14] A 2nd season of the show released on April 13, 2023.^[15]

The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!, aninteractive special, was released onNetflix on September 1, 2020, featuring the cast ofThe Boss Baby: Back in Business television series.^[16]

The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus, a Christmas special, was released onNetflix on December 6, 2022, featuring the cast of bothThe Boss Baby: Back in Business andThe Boss Baby: Back in the Crib television series.^[17]

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Chronological order ofThe Boss Baby franchise history:

1. The Boss Baby (2017)
2. The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time^{[broken anchor]} (2017)
3. The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2018–20)
4. The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! (2020)
5. The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
6. Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale^{[broken anchor]} (2021)
7. The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (2022–2023)
8. The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (2022)

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