‘Shrek 5’ Moves Back 6 Months to Summer 2027
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysShrek 5 is on the move, and has departed its Dec. 23, 2026 date to Wednesday, June 30, 2027.
It will no longer open around the crowded holiday corridor featuring Avengers: Doomsday, Dune: Part III and Ice Age 6, which all open Dec. 18, 2026.
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AdvertisementAdvertisement#_R_ljckr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_ iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#_R_15jckr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_ iframeIn a twinned move, Universal shifted an untitled Illumination film from Shrek 5‘s old date to April 16, 2027.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation are behind Shrek 5, which makes the first in the main series since Shrek Forever in 2010. (The studio has also released a pair of Puss n Boots spinoffs voice starring Antonio Banderas.)
Zendaya joins the cast as Shrek’s daughter, with mainstays Mike Myers (Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey) and Cameron Diaz (Fiona) back.
Shrek vets Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon direct, along with Minions: The Rise of Gru co-director Brad Ableson.
Shrek, based on the book by William Steig, launched as a film franchise with the Oscar-winning 2001 feature. It centered on an ogre named Shrek, who falls for Fiona, the princess of Far Far Away who has been cursed, trapped in the body of an ogre. Donkey provided comic relief, pathos and friendship to Shrek, with the film praised for its humorous twist on fairy-tale tropes.
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