The fifth Shrek movie might not be so Far Far Away. An NBCUniversal employee reportedly listed Shrek 5 for a 2025 release on their LinkedIn page, then quickly deleted it.
The Illumination head behind the Despicable Me, Secret Life of Pets, and Sing franchises — as well as the smash hit Super Mario Bros. Movie he co-produced with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto — has said that there is"tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of the actors" to return to the roles they last reprised in Shrek Forever After in 2010.
With DreamWorks spinning off legendary swashbuckler Puss into his own hit franchise, Meledandri suggested Donkey could star in his own Shrek spinoff after Murphy said he would"do a Donkey movie" and"would do another Shrek in two seconds."