{"id":120277,"date":"2024-07-10T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=120277"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:25:43","slug":"shrek-is-coming-back-and-heres-why-it-is-dreamworks-gift-that-keeps-on-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/shrek-is-coming-back-and-heres-why-it-is-dreamworks-gift-that-keeps-on-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrek is coming back and here&#8217;s why it is DreamWorks&#8217; gift that keeps on giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shrek 5, titled &#8220;<em>Shrek Forever After<\/em>&#8221; is officially in the works for a July 2026 release date!<\/strong> The movie will come back with A-list names in the cast, including Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. And you know, it&#8217;s time to start peeling that onion, because everyone&#8217;s favorite ogre is back for another layer of adventure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shrek\/status\/1810768295735480429\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not too Far, Far Away\u2026 Shrek 5 is coming to theaters on July 1, 2026 with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0XHMCw7cU\">pic.twitter.com\/S0XHMCw7cU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shrek (@Shrek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shrek\/status\/1810768295735480429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to a July 9 press release from Dreamworks Animation and Universal Pictures, Shrek&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Forever After<\/em>&#8221; is set to hit theaters on July 1, 2026. The best part?<strong> It marks the 25th anniversary of the first film<\/strong>, which originally debuted on the big screen in 2001. The first movie follows Shrek on a quest with Donkey to rescue Princess Fiona, only to discover she turns into an ogre at night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shrek-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shrek-5.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shrek-5-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shrek-5-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shrek-5-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shrek presented a twist in the <strong>conventional fairytale structure<\/strong>, making bad guys good and vice versa. Not to mention, the unconventional way in which the beautiful princess turns into this &#8220;monstrous&#8221; ogre. At the end of the day, the film advocates for self-acceptance, a theme that resonates with Mike Myers:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;The concept of going from a self-loathing ogre to a self-accepting ogre was meaningful to me,&#8221; he told GQ in 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Shrek\u2019s impact on <strong>DreamWorks<\/strong> is undeniable, inspiring hits like &#8220;<em>Madagascar<\/em>&#8220;, &#8220;<em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em>&#8220;, and &#8220;<em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em>.&#8221; As Jeffrey Katzenberg said, \u201cThat first Shrek saved the company financially. It&#8217;s the gift that keeps on giving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shrek 5, titled &#8220;Shrek Forever After&#8221; is officially in the works for a July 2026 release date! The movie will come back with A-list names in the cast, including Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. And you know, it&#8217;s time to start peeling that onion, because everyone&#8217;s favorite ogre is back for another layer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":120284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-120277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120277"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=120277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}