SHREK 5 is On the Way — Here’s What You Need to Know
By Movieguide® Contributor
Get ready SHREK fans, everyone’s favorite green ogre is returning for a fifth installment of the beloved fairy-tale comedy!
SHREK 5 is currently in the works. Eddie Murphy, who plays Donkey, confirmed details of the film in a recent interview with Collider.
“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,” he said. “SHREK is coming out, and Donkey’s gonna have his own movie. We’re gonna do Donkey as well. So we’re gonna do a SHREK, and we’re doing a DONKEY [movie].”
Murphy believes SHREK 5 will release in 2025, although nothing has been confirmed.
“I started recording SHREK, I think it’s coming out in 2025, and we’re doing a DONKEY one next,” he said.
Fans can also look forward to the likelihood that actor Mike Myers will return as Shrek, and Cameron Diaz will return as Fiona.
“We anticipate the cast coming back,” Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri told Variety in April 2023. “Every indication that we’ve gotten is there’s tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of the actors to return.”
Movieguide® previously reported on Myers’ thoughts on creating more SHREK movies:
“There’s an emotional center there. You know the old joke: I wouldn’t want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member. I have always felt that way. The concept of going from a self-loathing ogre to a self-accepting ogre was meaningful to me. I love playing Shrek… If I had to do one SHREK a year I’d be thrilled.”
SHREK THE THIRD earned a +1 content rating from Movieguide®. Part of the review reads:
SHREK THE THIRD opens with Prince Charming acting at a dinner theater. He resolves to seize the throne. Meanwhile, Fiona’s father, the recently transfigured Frog King, is dying. The king tries to convince Shrek he would make a good king. Shrek has no such desire and discovers there is another person in line for the throne, the young Arthur, away at boarding school across the sea. Shrek, Donkey and Puss-n-Boots sail off searching for Arthur. Prince Charming arrives with a band of storybook villains. He takes over the kingdom and kidnaps Fiona and the other fairytale damsels. Can Shrek, Arthur and the rest return in time to stop this villainy?
All the SHREK movies walk a thin tightrope. On one hand, they make fun of almost everything (fairytales, fairies, majorities, minorities, schools, and magic). On the other hand, they support family, children, love, goodness, and taking responsibility. SHREK THE THIRD is funny from the opening scene. There are, however, some mean spirited and some gender-bending jokes, which could be confusing to children, so MOVIEGUIDE® urges caution. That said, this is one of the funniest, best-made movies in some time.
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