'Shrek 5' And A Solo Donkey Spinoff Are In The Works at DreamWorks
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With recent Dreamworks animated films like Kung Fu Panda 4 hitting theaters, fans wondered if the studio would return to the Shrek franchise. In an interview with Collider, Eddie Murphy, who voices the character Donkey in the Shrek films, revealed that Shrek 5 is already in the works along with a standalone movie focused on Donkey.
Murphy said, “We started doing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months ago. I did this, I recorded the first act, and we’ll be doing it this year, we’ll finish it up. Shrek is coming out and Donkey’s gonna have his own movie.” When asked if he was working on both projects at the same time, Murphy clarified that he has only done work on Shrek 5 which he thinks is coming out in 2025. Work on the Donkey-focused movie would come after work on that film is complete.
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Although Donkey is a major character in the franchise, he won’t be the first to receive a spin-off. The character of Puss in Boots, voiced by Antonio Banderas, has already launched a trilogy of movies and an animated series on Netflix. The last mainline film Shrek Forever After released in 2010 with small hints of the franchise’s future along the way.
In 2016, Wal Dohrn and Mike Mitchell announced that Micheal McCullers was working on a script. In 2018, Variety wrote about soft reboots for Shrek. The first true announcement of a sequel came in 2023 with reports that Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri wanted to bring back the original cast. Now, Murphy’s interview confirms those reports and at least one returning cast member. The future looks bright for Shrek fans.
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