It's been a while since we've seen Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey, but their return was teased at the end of the exceptional 2022's Puss In Boots: The Last Wish , and we now finally know when we will actually get to see the return of the fantastical friends. It's been nearly a decade-and-a-half since the release of Shrek Forever After , but Shrek 5 is now officially on the way, and it's coming surprisingly soon. Dreamworks Animation confirmed this afternoon that Shrek 5 is not only in the works, but that that the latest sequel in the Shrek series is bringing back Mike Myers , Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz and will be arriving in theaters on July 1, 2026.
You can watch the video revealing the news in the Twitter embed below, which features an extremely obvious song choice: Not too Far, Far Away...
@Shrek 5 is coming to theaters on July 1, 2026 with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. pic.twitter.
com/3j6ctXpPGu July 9, 2024 If you didn't know that "All Star" by Smash Mouth was about to start blasting through your speakers, that's on you, not me. What's surprising about the release date is that we're now less than two years away from seeing Shrek 5 in theaters, which is soon when one considers the notorious length of the animation development pipeline. We're left to assume that Dreamworks Animation has been quietly working on this one for a while.
There was reboot talk back in 2018 from Illumination Entertainment's Chris Meledandri, who was tapped by Universal at the time to o.