Universal Shuffles Shrek and the Minions Around for Its 2026 Plans

It wasn’t that agelong agone DreamWorks revealed the Shrek franchise was making a comeback with a caller movie. For those excited to footwear backmost with him, Fiona, and Donkey, you’ll person to hold a spot longer.

On Friday, Universal announced it had pushed Shrek 5 back from its archetypal July 1, 2026 slot to December 23 that aforesaid year. Minions 3 now has Shrek’s original spot; Illumination’s threequel was announced past twelvemonth with an intended merchandise of June 30, 2027. And where Minions once was, a presently untitled movie from Illumination has present planted a emblem connected that June 2027 day aft antecedently being locked successful for that March.

The workplace didn’t accidental wherefore it pushed the movies guardant (or back), but it ends up moving successful Shrek and Minions‘ favor. The Despicable Me franchise tends to bash beauteous good during the Independence Day season, and kids’ movies person been shown to person beauteous beardown vacation legs.

Both Shrek 5 and Minions 3 are being headed up by longtime veterans from their respective franchises. Shrek 2 co-director Conrad Vernon and Walt Dohrn, artist-story caput connected Shrek 4, are helming the caller film, which brings backmost the series’ dependable trio of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy. Puss successful Boots 2’s ending Antonio Banderas’ swashbuckling feline whitethorn besides travel back, but it’s presently unclear however oregon if he’ll beryllium featured successful this film. Meanwhile, Minions 3 will beryllium directed by Peter Coffin, who directed the archetypal 3 Despicable Me films (and voices the chittering yellowish beasts), and written by Brian Lynch, who penned the archetypal 2015 spinoff movie.

So, to recap: Minions 3 on July 1, 2026, Shrek 5 on December 23, 2026, and an chartless Illumination movie connected June 30, 2027. And conscionable before Minions is the next Super Mario on April 3, 2026.

[]via Deadline]

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