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 Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Production NotesThe New Dirty Dozen... Time For A Change!
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 is the sequel to the hit 1999 TriStar Pictures release Baby Geniuses starring Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd, whose characters secretly worked to crack the code to “baby talk,” a highly sophisticated language that allows babies to communicate their innate knowledge of the secrets of the universe.
In Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, the adventure continues with a new generation of talking toddlers. This time, the baby geniuses find themselves at the center of a nefarious scheme led by powerful media mogul Bill Biscane (Jon Voight). Joining the babies in their battle against evil is a legendary baby named Kahuna (Leo, Myles and Gerry Fitzgerald).
Part ultra-cool spy, part superhero, Kahuna joins babies Archie (Michael & Max Iles), Finkleman (Jordan & Jared Scheideman), Alex (Joshua & Maxwell Lockhart) and Rosita (Keana & Maia Bastidas) in a race against time to stop the villainous Biscane from using his state-of-the-art satellite system to control the minds of the world’s population.
Biscane intends to put his plan into action by launching the world’s largest children’s television network from BobbinsWorld, an elite daycare center where the babies are enrolled. Stan Bobbins (Scott Baio) and his wife, Jean (Vanessa Angel), unwittingly become involved in the plot when they agree to partner with Biscane in launching the network.
Jean’s niece Kylie (Skyler Shaye) also gets caught up in the escapade when she accidentally gains control of a disk needed by Biscane to put his plan into action. Soon Biscane and his thugs are hot on the trail of Kahuna and the babies who have taken refuge at a high-tech compound where they unite to foil his dastardly scheme.
About the Production
The story for Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 came from prolific producer Steven Paul. “It all started,” recalls Paul,” when I was a little boy and believed the infinite wisdom of the universe was actually instilled in babies. I was probably about 6 or 7 years old at the time. I always felt like I was the Peter Pan of babies.”
One day when I was in Barney’s department store,” he continues, ”I saw two little babies talking to each other. It was so sweet because they didn’t even know each other. They just sat there and began to converse. — going ‘dubba dubba dah’ — and handing things to each other. There was no pretense between them.
Nearby were all the adults, like their parents and me, trying on Armani suits. I thought to myself ‘Look how silly we are compared to them. They’re probably talking about something very, very important - the infinite wisdom of the universe - and we’re here putting on these silly outfits and being childish.’”
“Then I thought,” recalls the producer, “if I could just understand what they’re saying. And that’s when I sat down and started creating the original Baby Geniuses and I was fortunate enough to interest Bob Clark, one of my favorite directors of all time because of Porky’s and A Christmas Story. We then proceeded to write about 25 drafts of the screenplay together, became very friendly and embarked on what seemed like an impossible mission to make the first film. But we did it.”
All along, Paul had his eyes on a sequel and maybe even a series of Baby Genius films. “I believe that this is something that’s going to go on for ages, with a new baby geniuses adventure at regular intervals. In the second one, I wanted to create a child that never grew up, somebody who could actually talk to both adults and babies. The concept of the original one was to enter the world of babies and see how they communicate with each other. But they can’t communicate with the outside world until they’re about two years old. Then they cross over and can’t talk to babies. So I wanted a child that could do both. That was the idea of ‘Kahuna,’ the Peter Pan of babies — the baby who never grew up, a myth that people didn’t actually believe existed but had heard about, like an old baby’s tale. But sure enough, he exists.”
Paul began working on the idea with his friend screenwriter Greg Poppen. “We worked on many drafts together. Finally, I wanted Bob Clark to direct the sequel and he said ‘Absolutely not. I will not embark on this crazy adventure again because it’s impossible to get babies to do all the things you want them to do.’
You see I wanted to go much further than the first film, to use special effects and have babies flying. I wanted them to become ‘superbabies.’ Bob thought it was impossible. So, of course, he signed on to direct the picture.”
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Skyler Shaye stars as Kylie, and Gerry, Leo and Myles Fitzgerald star as Kahuna in Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2.