It’s Official: A Fifth Shrek Movie Is Coming in 2026

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It’s clip to instrumentality to the swamp with Shrek 5, DreamWorks’ upcoming bequest sequel that volition instrumentality audiences backmost to Far Far away.

The movie was officially confirmed by the workplace online, on with the uncover that archetypal Shrek stars Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy volition beryllium reprising their roles arsenic the film’s heroic trio. Additionally, the movie is acceptable to merchandise July 1, 2026. This comes connected the heels of the major taxable parkland beingness Shrek and friends person had astatine Universal Studios Orlando’s DreamWorks Land—not to notation that tease astatine the extremity of Puss successful Boots: The Last Wish, which saw Antonio Banderas’ feline leader acceptable people to sojourn his friends backmost successful the kingdom of Far Far Away. Variety offered up much details, including that Banderas is yet to beryllium confirmed for Shrek 5—but with that end-credits tag, it’s to beryllium expected that Puss (and hopefully Harvey Guillén’s scene-stealing Perrito) volition articulation successful the caller adventure.

Not excessively Far, Far Away… @Shrek 5 is coming to theaters connected July 1, 2026 with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. pic.twitter.com/3j6ctXpPGu

— DreamWorks Animation (@Dreamworks) July 9, 2024

Previously Eddie Murphy teased the quality portion promoting his Beverly Hills Cop sequel for Netflix, telling Collider, “We started doing [Shrek 5] months agone … I recorded the archetypal act, and we’ll beryllium doing it this year, we’ll decorativeness it up. Shrek is coming retired and Donkey’s gonna person his ain movie. We’re gonna bash Donkey arsenic well. So we’re gonna bash a Shrek, and we’re doing a Donkey [movie].”