The animated movie ‘Shrek 5’ is officially in development.
According to Variety, the founder and CEO of Illumination, Chris Meledandri confirmed Shrek 5 is happening. There are serious talks underway with Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy to reprise their roles of Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey for another adventure.
“We anticipate the cast coming back,” said Meledandri by adding, “Talks are starting now, and every indication that we’ve gotten is there’s tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of the actors to return.”
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“They did Puss In Boots movies. I was like, they should have done a Donkey movie,” he said. “Donkey is funnier than Puss in Boots. I mean, I love Puss in Boots, but he ain’t funny as the Donkey,” he added.
The original Shrek movie, which was released back in 2001, raked in over $450 million at the box office. Since then, the green ogre has sparked tons of spin-offs and three more mainline entries from DreamWorks Animation.
The last main Shrek movie to release in theatres was back in 2010 with Shrek Forever After, which was supposed to be a send-off for the green ogre. However, no, there isn’t a release date for Shrek 5. It’s possible that the movie could be released either in 2024 or 2025.
