Eddie Murphy announces that the donkey, Shrek’s faithful companion, will have his own film.
On a promotional tour of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fsequel to the big hit of 1984, Eddie Murphy told journalist Steven Weintraub of the Collider site that he had started work on the fourth sequel to the animated film Shrekthe first part of which was released in 2001.
He also announced that a film starring the donkey, to which Murphy lends his voice, was in the works, reports the magazine People. “We started to do Shrek [5] four or five months ago. I recorded the first part; we will finish the film this year. I think that [Shrek 5] will be released in 2025, then we will do the one with the donkey,” the actor said.
No representative from Universal Studios wanted to comment or confirm the news to the magazine People.
Remember that Puss in Boots, to which Antonio Banderas lends his voice, was entitled to two solo films in 2011 and 2022.