Ultimately, it’s waffle time.
That’s the one meals match for an event like this one: The official announcement of a by-product movie for Shrek’s beloved wisecracking sidekick Donkey. Common introduced the movie is within the works, from The LEGO Ninjago Film director Charlie Bean, and anticipated in theaters on June 30, 2028 — one yr after the revival of the principle Shrek franchise with the upcoming sequel Shrek 5.
Eddie Murphy will as soon as once more voice Donkey in each movies.
The primary distinction between the 2 tasks: Shrek 5 is a sequel, whereas Donkey will apparently be a prequel concerning the character’s origin. (He wasn’t simply born a donkey?)
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It’s been years since Eddie Murphy first began floating the concept of getting Donkey his personal solo movie separate from Shrek. (There’s an article about this within the ScreenCrush archive three and a half years in the past.) Such a by-product isn’t with out precedent; Puss in Boots has had two solo movies after showing within the second, third, and fourth Shreks.
Even though Donkey was one of many collection’ unique breakout stars — and regardless of Murphy’s mega-star standing as his voice — the character by no means bought his personal spinoff till now.
Within the meantime, Shrek 5 is scheduled to open in theaters on June 30, 2027. Along with Murphy, the sequel additionally options the voices of Mike Myers as Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Fiona, and Zendaya as their daughter Felicia.
