We might be headed back to the swamp to see Shrek, Donkey and Fiona sooner than expected.
Eddie Murphy shared with Collider this week that he’s already begun voice work on a fifth Shrek movie and that the new sequel might come out next year.
Murphy, who voices Donkey in the franchise, also confirmed that a Donkey-centric spinoff is in the works at DreamWorks Animation for some time down the road.
“We started doing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months ago,” Murphy told Collider. “I did this, I recorded the first act, and we’ll be doing it this year, we’ll finish it up. 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 added that he thought the new Shrek film was coming out in 2025, although there is no release date yet set for the fifth installment.
The fifth Shrek film was announced last year, but this is our first official confirmation that work has started on the project and that there may already be a release date.
No director or screenwriters have been announced, and original voice actors Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas have yet to be announced as returning to the cast. However, Murphy’s involvement hints to theirs.
The Shrek franchise hasn’t released a formal sequel since 2010’s Shrek Forever After, but two Puss in Boots spinoffs have been released since then.
