Baby Mama News

'Baby Mama' Denied 'Harold and Kumar' Box Office Glory

April 28, 2008 09:04:12

Criticized to be lacking the great touch of other great comedy movies, "Baby Mama" proved critics wrong by debuting strongly at the North American box office. Highlighting on the comedic situation resulting from the different characteristic of the two lead characters, the comedy movie about surrogate motherhood apparently collected more laughters than the two-stoners sequel comedy "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" by landing the top slot of the ticket sales tracker by the end of Sunday, April 27.

Screened in 2,543 theaters across the U.S., the comedy film that brings up the story of an infertile successful business woman who tries to have baby by finding a surrogate mother managed to snag $17.4 million. The success of Michael McCullers's film in overpassing others in terms of revenue marked the first time Universal deliver a number one movie this year as well as the first time comedy film with female lead debuted atop the box office since Kate Hudson's "Fool's Gold" back in early February 2008.

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'Baby Mama' Rolls Down Red Carpet at Tribeca

April 24, 2008 05:04:54

Setting eyes on Friday, April 25, for its theatrical debut, the Universal Pictures' comedy "Baby Mama" celebrated its premiere on Wednesday, April 23 at the Ziegfeld Theater in Midtown New York City. The special red carpet event was held at the Tribeca Film Festival and was attended by many of its stars, including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Dax Shepard, Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver.

Fey who walked on the red carpet wearing black dress expressed her excitement on screening the movie at the film fest saying, "I'm so thrilled to be part of this. I've been able to work in entertainment and only have to live in Chicago and New York, (and it) is an unbelievable blessing." Her co-star, Poehler who came to the event wearing Alberta Ferretti and accompanied by her actor husband Will Arnett , then added, "It's honestly awesome to be able to have this premiere in New York. It's such a New York film for us. We shot it here."

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Nine 'Baby Mama' Clips On the Net

April 22, 2008 04:04:13

For those who cannot wait to see the upcoming comedy "Baby Mama", nine new clips of the Universal Pictures' film are available below. The series of clips takes various time to be viewed, the shortest runs exactly half a minute and the longest lasts up to nearly a minute. Most of them focus on the conflicting characters of the two leading ladies and the comical situations they resulted.

While the first and second clips give out the background story, clip #3 to the last one show the head-budding between Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's characters, Kate Holbrook and Angie Ostrowiski. Clip #1 screens the meeting between Hobrook and the head of the surrogate center played by Sigourney Weaver. Additionally, the second clip accentuates on the meeting of Holbrook with Ostrowiski's sluggish husband.

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Tina Fey's 'Baby Mama' Lacking Final Touch

April 22, 2008 10:04:12

Picking up a story that many career women nowadays could relate to, "Baby Mama" is setting its pace to be one of the great comedy movies. Sadly, some critics believe that the Universal Pictures' film perhaps could never be compared to Judd Apatow's films in the same genre. Noting that though it has what it takes to force a laughter out of the audience's mouths, it still falls short of being considered a fabulous movie.

Despite its effort in pairing up the two brilliant "Saturday Night Live" stars, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and supported them with other caliber actors Sigourney Weaver and Steve Martin, this comedy film is still contemplated by Reuters as a movie that "never fully delivers". Adding to the critics, The Money Times commented that though the film is "not a washout", it will still leave moviegoers "feeling 'that could have been a fabulous movie!'" since though there are many cracking moments, it is not lasting until the end.

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Four 'Baby Mama' TV Spots Online

April 19, 2008 01:04:37

Four new "Baby Mama" TV spots have come out on the interwebs. Exposing the comedic situation faced by Kate Holbrook as she deals with Angie Ostrowiski, her baby-to-be's surrogate mother, the four compilation clips showcase pretty much the same content with slight differences with a varied running time from 15 seconds to 26 seconds.

Focusing on showing off the contrasting characters of the two leading roles, the footages let out glimpses of the clashing between the two women as serious Holbrook and slacker Ostrowiski have to live under one roof and deal with their differences, especially about the baby. TV spots #1 and #2 start with the same clip which previews Holbrook sitting on a bathroom sink with pregnancy test kit on her hand followed by doctor's explanation that she couldn't have baby. The third spot opens with Holbrook trying to touch the baby in front of her in a stuffed elevator, whereas the last spot is merely a jumble of the first two spots' opening.

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"Baby Mama" Trailer Outed

January 17, 2008 10:01:03

Universal Picture have given out a treat to comedy films' fans as the studio released the trailer of their upcoming comedy "Baby Mama". The trailer that lasts for about two-and-a-half minutes gave out first look to the film starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

In the trailer, it is shown the comic battle of wills in which the two women struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. It can also be seen that Angie, Kate's baby mama, is driving the businesswoman crazy by squatting in a sink, eating junk, watching monster truck rallies, giving delayed response, and possibly using PAM spray to deliver.

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Duo Cuddling the "Baby"

June 13, 2007 02:06:22

The flow of Hollywood names coming for "Baby Mama" still runs smoothly for sure. Following the inclusion of Dax Shepard last month, Greg Kinnear and Maura Tierney have both landed deals to take part in the comedy, set to come out from Universal Pictures' pit.

Toplined by "SNL" veterans Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the flick focuses on a single woman (Fey) whose desire to have a child and keep her career leads her to hire a surrogate (Poehler). Kinnear is billed to portray a proprietor of a local fresh juice shop who becomes close with Fey's character while Tierney will become Fey's confident, conventional sister who supports her choice.

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Dax Shepard Hugs the "Baby"

May 04, 2007 03:05:25

Set to raise the degree of laughter that "Baby Mama" is aiming to deliver, Dax Shepard has landed deals to co-star in the Universal Pictures comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

Featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as the leadstars, the flick finds Fey as a single working woman whose desire to have a child and keep her career leads her to hire a surrogate, played by Poehler. Shepard is said to portray Carl, the philandering husband of Poehler's character, who unintentionally brings the two women together when he tries to scam the surrogate.

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Sigourney Weaver to Have a "Baby"

May 01, 2007 12:05:37

Apparently still eager for another turn in comedy genre after "The TV Set", Sigourney Weaver is reportedly engaged in negotiations for a starring slot in Universal Pictures' comedy "Baby Mama."

Featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the flick revolves around a single professional woman who opts to hire a surrogate mother so she can have a baby and keep her career on track. While Fey and Poehler have already been billed as the career woman and the surrogate, Weaver will likely play Chaffee Bicknell, owner and operator of the surrogate agency that Fey's character uses if everything goes as expected.

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Rearing "Baby Mama"

September 28, 2006 09:09:24

Extending their partnership from SNL's "Weekend Update" to the big screen, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are set to star in "Baby Mama", a new comedic feature from Universal Pictures.

Planned to be shot next summer when both Fey and Poehler have some time off from their TV stints, the project centers on a single career woman who decides to hire a surrogate to satisfy her desire of having a child while at the same time still able to keep her career. Michael McCullers has been tapped to both write and direct with Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn producing.

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very funny and entertaining

posted by moviegeek on May 02, 2008

its tina fey! see it!

posted by rdog on Oct 17, 2009