Shrek 5, coming to theatres this December, will feature a returning cast of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, as well as a new character with a new voice: Zendaya, playing Shrek and Fiona’s daughter.
This news was announced in a clip from Universal Pictures today, which also gave us our first look at Zendaya’s character, who appears to be a teenage ogre like her parents with Fiona’s red hair and Shrek’s eyes.
Shrek 5 has been in the works for a long time, first whispered about way back in 2016 when Austin powers writer Michael McCullers said he was writing the story. At the time, it was planned for a 2019 release, but it went quiet for several years before reemerging in 2023 with Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri saying he wanted to bring back the original cast. Last year, we received confirmation that Eddie Murphy was indeed attached to the project, as well as a solo Donkey spinoff that’s still in the works.
Shrek 5 eventually received a July 2026 release date, but it has since been pushed to Christmas that same year.
We’ll have to hope that when Shrek 5 finally arrives it’s an improvement on Shrek 4, which we gave a 5/10, saying it felt “like a compromise in the end” and that the series, like Shrek himself, must “learn to come to terms with his new, perhaps less exciting life.”
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected].
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