After years of waiting, it is high time for fans to head back to the swamp!
Myers has long been on board with the idea of doing a fifthShrekfilm.
I have always felt that way.
The concept of going from a self-loathing ogre to a self-accepting ogre was meaningful to me.
I love playing Shrek.
If I had to do one ‘Shrek’ a year Id be thrilled."
She married Shrek and now has a trio of triplets with Mike Myers' lovable galoot.
The next ‘Shrek’ …
I think Jeffrey [Katzenberg, producer] told me 2019?
2019 or 2020, it will be ready.
But they’ve got a good script, they wrote a nice good script."
They don’t stop making those types of movies until the audience says ‘no more!’
Murphy would then follow this up in 2023 - after news on the film had gone quiet.
If they ever came with another ‘Shrek,’ I’d do it in two seconds.
They have to want to do it.
DreamWorks, if you all want to do it, just call me.
I’m sitting and ready to do Donkey."
Murphy is best known for his work inBeverly Hills Cop,The Nutty Professor,Dreamgirls, andMulan.
The biggest (and furriest) of these is Antonio Banderas' Puss in Boots.
However, he could potentially come back in aShrek 6should it happen.
Shrek 5is set to come to theaters on July 1, 2026.









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