Shrek 5: Eddie Murphy announces the return of the Ogre and a spin-off on Donkey

After Kung Fu Panda et Despicable Meanother major animated franchise is preparing to make its return to cinemas: Shrek. In any case, this is what actor Eddie Murphy announced to Collider during the promotion of the new part of the adventures of Flic de Beverly Hills.

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Shrekthe fifth ?

If nothing has yet been confirmed by Universal and DreamWorks, it could well be that Shrek will be back in theaters next year. Murphy said he has already completed part of the dubbing of Shrek 5 and that he expected to complete the rest of the film this year. But that’s not all ! The actor also announced that a new feature film derived from the franchise was in the pipeline, similar to the Puss in Boots films.

“We started dubbing Shrek 5 many months ago”Murphy said. “A new Shrek movie is going to come out, I think in 2025, and we’re also going to make a Donkey movie.”

This time, it is the sidekick of Shrek who will be entitled to his own film, and Murphy will once again play this cult character in the original version.

• Watch an excerpt from Shrek 2 with the Donkey:

Regarding Shrek 5 (unofficial title), we do not yet know if Mike Myers (Shrek) and Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona) will also return to the American voice cast, but the opposite would be surprising.

Regardless, it makes sense that Universal and DreamWorks are ready to revive the adventures of the green ogre. The four films in the franchise, released between 2001 and 2010, were all successful at the box office: $487 million in revenue worldwide for the first Shrek928 million for Shrek 2813 million for Shrek the third and 752 million for Shrek 4 Once Upon an End. An animation juggernaut.

For their part, the two films The Puss in Boots have respectively garnered 555 and 482 million dollars in revenue worldwide, enough to suggest that fans of Shrek will be just as interesting for a film centered on the Donkey.

While waiting to have more details from DreamWorks and Universal, the first three films Shrek are to be seen or rewatched on Prime Video, while Puss in Boots 2: The Last Quest is available on Netflix.

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