It has been a minute since we heard anything regarding a new Shrek film and Universal Pictures has finally delivered! Today, they dropped the announcement trailer for the upcoming fifth film in Dreamworks Pictures’ beloved fantasy comedy series. Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy reprise their roles as Shrek, Fiona and Donkey, along with Zendaya who will portray Felicia, Shrek and Fiona’s daughter. The film is directed by Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon and co-directed by Brad Ableson from a screenplay written by Michael McCullers and produced by Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri and Gina Shay. Serving as a follow-up to 2010’s “Shrek Forever After,” it is planned for release December 2026.
A fifth Shrek film was initially planned after the release of Shrek 2 (2004) with a 2013 release date in mind. However, when former DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg decided to end the franchise in its fourth film, plans for a fifth installment were abandoned and Shrek Forever After was released as the final Shrek film. Eventually, development resurfaced in 2014 and Universal Pictures officially confirmed production of a fifth Shrek film when its parent company, NBCUniversal, bought DreamWorks Animation in 2016 with updates following from March 2017 to July 2024.
