Shrek 5 shares long-awaited launch date with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz returningtheinsiderinsight

DreamWorks has confirmed that the long-awaited animated sequel Shrek 5 is at the moment in manufacturing.

The brand new movie is ready to be launched on July 1, 2026.

Franchise stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz are all confirmed to reprise their respective roles as Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona.

Murphy broke the information concerning the upcoming sequel in June, telling Collider: “We began doing [Shrek 5] months in the past. I did this, I recorded the primary act, and we’ll be doing it this yr, we’ll end it up. Shrek is popping out, and Donkey’s gonna have his personal film. We’re gonna do Donkey as effectively. So we’re gonna do a Shrek, and we’re doing a Donkey [movie].”

The Donkey standalone film is but to be formally confirmed by DreamWorks so no launch has to date been introduced.

It has additionally not been confirmed whether or not Shrek 5 will see the return of Antonio Banderas, who performs Puss in Boots within the much-loved movie collection.

Shrek 5 will probably be directed by Walt Dohrn, who has an extended historical past with the franchise. He was a author and artist on Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third and served as head of story on Shrek Without end After. He additionally voiced Rumpelstiltskin within the latter movie.

In April, a scene from Shrek 2 resurfaced on-line following the demise of OJ Simpson. The previous soccer star famously fled from police 5 days after the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her good friend Ron Goldman in a white Ford Bronco. The slow-motion automobile chase over the LA freeways captured international consideration.

The Shrek 2 scene sees Gingerbread Man sitting at dwelling watching TV. “Tonight on Knights, we obtained a white bronco heading east into the forest,” a information anchor broadcasts as Shrek is seen driving on the again of his companion Donkey (who on the time has been reworked right into a white horse).

Again in 2021, The Impartial’s Sam Summers marked the twentieth anniversary of the unique movie by hailing Shrek because the “grumpy ogre” who modified cinema.

“Shrek has all the time occupied an odd place within the cultural dialog,” wrote Summers. “The groundbreaking animation from upstart studio DreamWorks, which turned 20 this week,  definitely has its followers – its ubiquitous place on the coronary heart of on-line meme-dom is testomony to that – nevertheless it’s additionally lengthy had its detractors. 

“To some, the film was  floor zero for an uninspired wave of snarky animated blockbusters , from DreamWorks’ follow-up Shark Story to Disney’s personal Rooster Little and the inescapable Minions franchise. Whereas there’s reality to that declare, Shrek’s significance goes far past that.”