Zendaya has joined the solid of Shrek 5, in a significant get for the franchise, as introduced on the sequence’ official X web page Thursday morning.
The in-demand actress performs the daughter of Shrek (Mike Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz). As beforehand introduced, Eddie Murphy will even reprise his function within the new movie as Donkey. Watch a teaser providing a primary have a look at Zendaya’s character under.
Slated for launch on December 23, 2026, Shrek 5 would be the first installment to hit theaters since Shrek Eternally After all the best way again in 2010. No phrase but on the storyline.
Walt Dohrn (Trolls franchise), who labored on the second and third movies as a author and artist and as Head of Story on the fourth movie, is directing alongside co-director Brad Ableson (Minions: The Rise of Gru), with The Trolls franchise’s Gina Shay returning to provide alongside Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri (The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film). DreamWorks Animation first introduced Shrek 5 through its social media channels final July.
One in every of DreamWorks’ most rejoice animated franchises, Shrek is predicated on the 1990 image guide from author and cartoonist William Steig. The franchise kicked off with the 2001 movie that launched viewers to Shrek, an ogre embarking on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona (Diaz). Profitable the primary Oscar for Greatest Animated Characteristic and grossing greater than $488 million worldwide, the unique’s success paved the best way to sequels Shrek 2 (2004), the place Shrek meets Fiona’s dad and mom, and Shrek the Third (2007), which follows Shrek’s journey to seek out the subsequent inheritor to the throne. The fourth installment, Shrek Eternally After (2010), explores Shrek’s midlife disaster and his want to erase his previous.
The primary 4 movies earned greater than $2.9 billion worldwide, spawning a world live-touring present, a Broadway musical that earned eight Tony nominations and 12 Drama Desk nominations, plus an immersive vacationer vacation spot in London and standard occasions and sights throughout Common Locations & Experiences’ theme parks. The franchise additionally consists of the spin-off Puss in Boots (2011) and its sequel Puss in Boots: The Final Want, which was Oscar-nominated.
Most lately signing on for a job in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Zendaya is at present in manufacturing on the third season of Euphoria. For the starlet, Dune: Messiah and the subsequent Spider-Man film are additionally upcoming.
THR was first to the information of Zendaya’s Shrek casting.
