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= Shrek (franchise) =
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Introduction
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'Shrek' is an American media franchise of DreamWorks Animation,
loosely based on William Steig's 1990 picture book 'Shrek!' The series
primarily focuses on Shrek, a bad-tempered but good-hearted ogre, who
begrudgingly accepts a quest to rescue a princess, resulting in him
finding friends and going on many subsequent adventures in a fairy
tale world. It includes four animated films: 'Shrek' (2001), 'Shrek 2'
(2004), 'Shrek the Third' (2007), and 'Shrek Forever After' (2010),
with a fifth film, 'Shrek 5', currently in production for a 2026
release. A short 4-D film, 'Shrek 4-D', which originally was a theme
park ride, was released in 2003. Two television specials, the
Christmas television special 'Shrek the Halls' (2007) and the
Halloween television special 'Scared Shrekless' (2010), have also been
produced. Two spin-off films were made centered around the character
Puss in Boots: 2011's 'Puss in Boots' and its sequel, 2022's 'The Last
Wish'. Additionally, a stage musical adaptation was made and premiered
at Broadway for more than a year (2008-2010).
In May 2010, 'The New York Times' described the principal Shrek
characters as "brilliantly realized" and said "nearly a decade after
the first 'Shrek' film they remain as vital and engaging fusions of
image, personality, and voice as any characters in the history of
animation." The series was a financial success, becoming the 18th
highest-grossing film franchise of all time, the second
highest-grossing animated franchise, as well one of the
highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Films
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width=15%| Film U.S. release date Directed by Screenplay by Story by
Produced by
Main series
'Shrek' | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson colspan="2" | Ted Elliott,
Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman Aron Warner, John
H. Williams and Jeffrey Katzenberg
'Shrek 2' | Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon Andrew
Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss rowspan="2"
|Andrew Adamson Aron Warner, David Lipman and John H. Williams
'Shrek the Third' | Chris Miller 'Co-director:' Raman Hui Jeffrey
Price, Peter S. Seaman, Chris Miller and Aron Warner Aron Warner
'Shrek Forever After' | Mike Mitchell colspan="2" | Josh Klausner
and Darren Lemke Gina Shay and Teresa Cheng
'Shrek 5' | Walt Dohrn 'Co-director:' Brad Ableson colspan="2" |
Michael McCullers Gina Shay and Chris Meledandri
Spin-offs
'Puss in Boots' | Chris Miller Tom Wheeler |Brian Lynch, Will Davies
and Tom Wheeler Joe M. Aguilar and Latifa Ouaou
'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' Joel Crawford 'Co-director:' Januel
P. Mercado Paul Fisher and Tommy Swerdlow Tommy Swerdlow and Tom
Wheeler Mark Swift
''Shrek'' (2001)
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Shrek, a solitary ogre, is angered when fairy tale creatures are sent
to live in his swamp ordered by Lord Farquaad. He befriends a talking
donkey named Donkey, and they set off to meet with Farquaad.
The lord needs Princess Fiona to marry him so he will become the king
of Duloc. When Shrek and Donkey visit him, they are forced to rescue
her from an enormous fire-breathing dragon named Dragon in exchange
for Shrek's swamp being vacated. The Dragon turns out to be female,
and after a minute or two falls in love with Donkey.
Donkey, Shrek, and Fiona escape, and Dragon chases them. Once Shrek
and Donkey rescue Fiona, they take her back to Lord Farquaad. Along
the way, Shrek begins to fall in love with Fiona. Donkey finds out
from Fiona that she is cursed and turns into an ogre at night. The
only way the curse can be broken is by true love's first kiss. Fiona
and Farquaad have a marriage ceremony, but they are interrupted by
Shrek, who tells Fiona he loves her.
Donkey and Dragon enter, and Dragon eats Farquaad. Shrek and Fiona
kiss and Fiona is permanently turned into an ogre. Shrek gets his
swamp back, and the two marry there. After a karaoke party, the
newlyweds set off on their honeymoon.
''Shrek 2'' (2004)
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The second film opens with Prince Charming on a quest to rescue
Princess Fiona from the Dragon. When he gets there, he finds the wolf
from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs in Fiona's bed.
He asks the wolf where Fiona is and the wolf tells him that she is on
her honeymoon with Shrek. Once Shrek and Fiona return from their
honeymoon, they find Donkey in the swamp who tells them he and Dragon
are going through a rough patch. They then get invited to the land of
Far Far Away by Fiona's parents who want to bless their marriage.
When they arrive, Shrek and Fiona are not what they expected. The
Fairy Godmother and her son, Prince Charming, are trying to break up
Shrek's marriage by making Fiona fall in love with Prince Charming.
However it does not work and Shrek and Fiona stay together. Shrek and
Donkey get a new sidekick called Puss in Boots. They have a lengthy
quest to search the Fairy Godmother's cottage to get a love potion.
Shrek and Donkey drink the potion and they become something quite
unexpected. Shrek becomes human and Donkey becomes a horse. Since
Shrek drank the potion, it also affected Fiona as she woke up to
seeing her human form once again.
At the end of the film, King Harold reverts to a frog after being
struck with the Fairy Godmother's magic, and gives Shrek and Fiona his
blessing. After Fiona tells Shrek she loves him just the way he is,
they revert to ogres.
''Shrek the Third'' (2007)
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Shrek and Fiona are reluctantly reigning over Far, Far Away during
King Harold's prolonged illness. The King promises that if they can
find Fiona's cousin Artie, he will make him the next in line, so both
Shrek and Fiona would not have to run the country after his death. As
Shrek, Donkey and Puss set off to find Artie, Fiona reveals she is
pregnant.
Shrek is shocked as he believes he will not be a good father and will
ruin his child's life. This is reinforced by his relationship with his
own father, where "he tried to eat me." After finding Artie, Artie is
frightened of being king, and they end up on an island where they meet
Artie's former magic teacher, Merlin. Meanwhile, Charming plots to
overthrow Artie and become king, but this is foiled by Shrek.
The film ends with Shrek and Fiona caring for their newborn ogre
triplets.
''Shrek Forever After'' (2010)
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Shrek has become a domesticated family ogre, living happily with
Princess Fiona and the triplets. Instead of scaring villagers away
like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitchforks.
Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre", Shrek is tricked
into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker Rumpelstiltskin.
He agrees to trade a day from his childhood in exchange for a day to
exist as a real ogre again. However, Shrek suddenly finds himself in a
twisted, alternate reality where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is
king, Puss is obese, and Shrek has never met Donkey or Fiona. Shrek
discovers he unknowingly traded the day he was born and will not exist
after the day is over.
Shrek becomes entangled with an underground resistance of ogres led by
Fiona. Rumpelstiltskin places a bounty on Shrek's capture, offering
the "deal of a lifetime" as a reward. The Pied Piper captures most of
the resistance excluding Shrek and Fiona. Shrek, unable to win Fiona's
affection, turns himself in and offers to trade his life to free the
captured ogres. The recently released ogres go back to free Shrek and
Fiona. As the twenty-four hours are almost up and Shrek lies dying,
Fiona kisses him, breaking the deal and reverting everything back to
normal. After finding himself back at his triplets' birthday party
where he previously lost his temper and stormed out, Shrek joyfully
reunites with his family and friends realizing he has everything he
ever wanted.
''Puss in Boots'' (2011)
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'Puss in Boots' is an animated American action comedy film that was
released on October 28, 2011. The film is based on and follows the
character Puss in Boots on his adventures with Kitty Softpaws and
mastermind Humpty Dumpty.
''Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'' (2022)
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'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' is the sequel to 'Puss in Boots', that
was released on December 21, 2022.
In November 2012, executive producer Guillermo del Toro said that a
couple of drafts for a sequel were already done, and that the director
Chris Miller wanted to take Puss on an adventure to exotic places. In
April 2014, Antonio Banderas, the voice of Puss, said that the work on
the sequel had just begun. On June 12, 2014, the movie was titled
'Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves'. On February 26, 2019,
it was confirmed that the sequel was still in development, and Bob
Persichetti was set to direct the film. In August 2020, the name 'Puss
in Boots: The Last Wish' had been trademarked by DreamWorks, revealing
the new title of the sequel. In March 2021, Joel Crawford replaced
Persichetti as director, having previously helmed DreamWorks' 'The
Croods: A New Age'. 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' was theatrically
released on December 21, 2022, by Universal Pictures. The film was
originally scheduled to be released on November 2, 2018, but was
delayed a month to December 21, 2018 before cancellation. It was also
scheduled to be released on September 23, 2022. The story takes place
after 'Shrek Forever After' and follows Puss, who has burned all but
the last of his nine lives, on a quest to find the mystical Last Wish
in order to restore his nine lives.
''Shrek 5'' (2026)
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Following the success of 'Shrek 2' in May 2004, then-DreamWorks
Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg revealed that the 'Shrek' story had
been outlined into five films almost from the beginning. "Before the
first one was finished we talked about what the whole story of Shrek
is, and each of the chapters answers questions about the first movie
and gives us an insight," said Katzenberg. "'Shrek 3' and '4' are
going to reveal other unanswered questions and, finally, in the last
chapter, we will understand how Shrek came to be in that swamp, when
we meet him in the first movie." After the release of 'Shrek the
Third' in 2007, Katzenberg announced that the fifth film would be
released in 2013.
In May 2009, DreamWorks announced that the fourth film's title would
be 'Shrek Forever After', indicating that it would be the last in the
'Shrek' series. Later in 2009, that was confirmed by Bill Damaschke,
the former head of creative production at DWA, with him saying: "All
that was loved about Shrek in the first film is brought to the final
film."
Josh Klausner, one of the writers of 'Shrek Forever After', explained
in 2010 the script's evolution: "When I first came onto the project,
it wasn't supposed to be the final chapter — there were originally
going to be five 'Shrek' movies. Then, about a year into the
development, Jeffrey Katzenberg decided that the story that we'd come
up with was the right way for Shrek's journey to end."
In February 2014, in an interview with Fox Business, Katzenberg hinted
that a fifth film could still be made. "We like to let them have a
little bit of time to rest," he said of the characters. "But I think
you can be confident that we'll have another chapter in the 'Shrek'
series. We're not finished, and more importantly, neither is he."
On June 15, 2016, after NBCUniversal purchased DreamWorks Animation
for $3.8 billion, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke discussed plans to
continue the franchise, as well as other DreamWorks films. In July
2016, 'The Hollywood Reporter' cited sources saying that the fifth
film was planned for a 2019 release. In September 2016, Eddie Murphy
confirmed that the film was expected to be released in 2019 or 2020,
and that the script had been completed.
The original story for the film was written by Michael McCullers,
based on his own idea. When asked about the script in March 2017,
McCullers said it featured "a pretty big reinvention" for the film
series. On November 6, 2018, it was reported by 'Variety' that Chris
Meledandri had been tasked to be the executive producer of both 'Shrek
5' and 'Puss in Boots 2', with the cast of the previous films
potentially returning.
In April 2023, Meledandri revealed that a fifth film was still in
talks with the original cast expected to return. In June 2024, Eddie
Murphy revealed that production on the film had commenced in January
of the same year. He also stated that the film is expected to be
released in 2025. On July 9, DreamWorks officially announced the
release date for the film as July 1, 2026, with Myers, Murphy and Diaz
returning.
Untitled Donkey spin-off film (TBA)
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At the same time that 'Shrek 5' was revealed to be in development in
April 2023, it was revealed that a spin-off film revolving around
Donkey was in early talks as well. In June 2024, Eddie Murphy
announced that the project was officially greenlit by DreamWorks, and
stated that it would begin production following the completion of
'Shrek 5'.
''Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party'' (2001)
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'Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party' is a three-minute musical
short film included on home media releases of 'Shrek'. It takes place
during the last scene of 'Shrek' (before Shrek and Fiona leave on
their honeymoon), with the film's characters performing a medley of
modern pop songs. Most of the voice cast from the film reprise their
roles, with the exception of Eddie Murphy, who is replaced by Mark
Moseley as Donkey.
''Shrek 4-D'' (2003)
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'Shrek 4-D', also known as 'Shrek 3-D', 'Shrek 4D Adventure', 'Shrek's
Never Before Seen Adventure', and 'The Ghost of Lord Farquaad', is a
4-D film/ride at various theme parks around the world. It premiered in
2003 at Universal Studios Florida, and was released on DVD. The short
takes place right after the first 'Shrek' film. Lord Farquaad returns
from the dead to kidnap Princess Fiona and it is up to Shrek and
Donkey to rescue her.
''Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular'' (2010)
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'Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular' (promoted as 'Donkey's Christmas
Shrektacular') is a five-minute short which was released on December
7, 2010, with the 'Shrek: The Whole Story' box set and 'Shrek Forever
After'.
This short takes place in the Candy Apple, the new version of the
Poison Apple. Donkey suggests everyone sing Christmas carols. Donkey
sings "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Shrek, Fiona, the
Ogre children, and the army of ogres sing an ogre version of "Jingle
Bells" (such as "Bug Cocoon, Lick the spoon. Try our cricket slurp").
Puss in Boots sings "Feliz Navidad", although he titles it "Fleas
Navidad". Then everyone sings "Jingle Bell Rock" as "Fairy Tale Rock".
''Shrek's Yule Log'' (2010)
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'Shrek's Yule Log' is a 30-minute short released on December 7, 2010,
featured on both the Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular DVD and the
'Shrek Forever After' Blu-ray.
The short takes place inside Shrek's house, with the fireplace as the
only place seen throughout the entire short. Shrek prevents
Rumpelstiltskin from dousing the fire, Donkey does the same eye gag
(seen from 'Shrek Forever After'), Fiona puts out cookies for Santa,
and Puss puts on weight from cookies and cookie dough. Other
characters such as Gingy, Pinocchio, the Three Little Pigs, Cookie,
the Ogre Triplets, the Dronkeys, and Pied Piper appear.
''Thriller Night'' (2011)
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'Thriller Night' is a six-minute short film parody of Michael
Jackson's music video 'Thriller'. It was directed by Gary Trousdale,
and released on September 13, 2011, on the 'Scared Shrekless' DVD. It
was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 28, 2012, as a part of
'Shrek's Thrilling Tales' ('DreamWorks Spooky Stories'). None of the
original main voice actors reprised their roles and are replaced by
their replacement voice actors, with the exception of Dean Edwards,
who reprises Donkey from Scared Shrekless.
Deceased characters such as Lord Farquaad, Mongo, Rumpelstiltskin,
Fifi, Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming and King Harold in his frog
form appear as zombies. A 3D version of the short was added in October
2011 to the Nintendo Video service for Nintendo 3DS owners.
''The Pig Who Cried Werewolf'' (2011)
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'The Pig Who Cried Werewolf' is a six-minute 3D Halloween short film,
directed by Gary Trousdale and released on October 4, 2011, for a
limited time, exclusively on the Nintendo Video service on Nintendo
3DS. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 28, 2012, as a part
of 'Shrek's Thrilling Tales' ('DreamWorks Spooky Stories').
The Three Little Pigs find themselves in trouble when they ignore the
warning signs of a new neighbor moving in next door who takes on a
ferocious form during a full moon.
''Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos'' (2012)
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'Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos' is a 13-minute animated short film,
directed by Raman Hui, and was released on the DVD and Blu-ray
releases of 'Puss in Boots' on February 24, 2012. The short tells a
story of Puss in Boots on a mission to recover a princess's stolen
ruby from the notorious French thief, the Whisperer. Reluctantly
accompanied by three little kittens, The Three Diablos, Puss must tame
them before they endanger the mission.
''Puss in Boots: The Trident'' (2023)
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'Puss in Boots: The Trident' is a 4-minute animated short film,
directed by Matt Flynn, and was released on the digital release of
'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: Collector's Edition' on February 21,
2023 and on the 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD releases of 'Puss in Boots: The
Last Wish' on February 28.
''Far Far Away Idol'' (2004)
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'Far Far Away Idol' is an interactive five-minute short (but with
multiple endings), released on November 5, 2004 as an extra on the
'Shrek 2' DVD and VHS. It is based on 'American Idol' and guest stars
Simon Cowell. Taking place right after 'Shrek 2' ends, the film's
supporting characters hold a singing competition, with Shrek, Fiona,
and Simon Cowell as the judges.
''Shrek the Halls'' (2007)
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'Shrek the Halls' is a 22-minute Christmas-themed television special,
set after the events of 'Shrek the Third' but before the events of
'Shrek Forever After'. It follows Shrek, who has never celebrated
Christmas before, attempting to make the perfect day for his family.
It premiered on the American television network ABC on November 28,
2007.
''Scared Shrekless'' (2010)
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'Scared Shrekless' is a 21-minute Halloween-themed television special
set after the events of 'Shrek Forever After'. Shrek challenges
Donkey, Puss in Boots, and his other fairy tale friends to spend the
night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see
who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest. The special
premiered on the American television network NBC on October 28, 2010.
==='Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale' (2017)===
'Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale' is an interactive special
developed by DreamWorks Animation Television which debuted on Netflix
in 2017, featuring the character Puss in Boots. It is Netflix's first
attempt at interactive television: during the program, the viewer is
given points while using their remote control or other device to
decide how the narrative should proceed.
''The Adventures of Puss in Boots'' (2015–2018)
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A television series, starring Puss from the 'Shrek' franchise, debuted
on Netflix on January 16, 2015.
Web-series
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Peacock Kids YouTube channel (formerly known as DreamWorksTV) during
2014-2016 produced several web-series 'New Shrek', 'New Puss in
Boots', 'Swamp Talk'. These were later released separately on the
Peacock website.
Production
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Despite the advances in computing power over the 2000s decade, the
increasing usage of novel techniques like global illumination, physics
simulation, and 3D demanded ever more CPU hours to render the films.
DreamWorks Animation noticed that every 'Shrek' film took roughly
twice the CPU hours than the previous film and thus labeled this trend
as "Shrek's law". Similar to "Moore's law" the Shrek's law says, "The
CPU render hours needed to complete production on a theatrical sequel
will double compared to the amount of time needed on the previous
film."
In 2001, 'Shrek' required approximately 5 million CPU render hours. In
2004, 'Shrek 2' required over 10 million CPU render hours. In 2007,
'Shrek the Third' required over 20 million CPU render hours, and the
2010 3D release of 'Shrek Forever After' demanded more than 50 million
CPU render hours on account of rendering an increased amount of
frames. 'Puss in Boots', which was released only one year after the
previous 'Shrek' film, utilized 63 million render hours.
Box office performance
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rowspan="2" | Film rowspan="2" | Release date colspan="3" | Box office
gross colspan="2" text="wrap" | Box office ranking rowspan="2" |
Budget rowspan="2" |
North America Other territories Worldwide US and Canada Worldwide
Main series
'Shrek' May 18, 2001 $268,163,011 $220,278,357 $488,441,368 #127
(#128(A)) #248 $60 million |
'Shrek 2' $441,226,247 $487,534,523 $928,760,770 #28 (#39(A)) #69
$150 million |
'Shrek the Third' $322,719,944 $490,647,436 $813,367,380 #86
(#129(A)) #100 $160 million |
'Shrek Forever After' $238,736,787 $513,864,080 $752,600,867 #158
(#328(A)) #123 $165 million |
Spin-offs
'Puss in Boots' $149,260,504 $405,726,973 $554,987,477 #415
(#720(A)) #202 $130 million |
'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' $185,535,345 $295,179,166
$480,714,511 #265 #257 $90-110 million
colspan="2" | Total $ $ $ #6 #8 $755-775 million !
| **List indicator(s)**
* **(A)** indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket
prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).
Critical and public response
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Film Critical Public
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Main series
'Shrek' 84 (34 reviews)
'Shrek 2' 75 (40 reviews)
'Shrek the Third' 58 (35 reviews)
'Shrek Forever After' 58 (35 reviews)
Spin-offs
'Puss in Boots' 65 (24 reviews)
'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' 95% (184 reviews) 75 (21 reviews)
Academy Awards
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Award colspan="4" | Main series colspan="2" | Spin-offs
'Shrek' 'Shrek 2' 'Shrek the Third' 'Shrek Forever After' 'Puss
in Boots' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'
| **Adapted Screenplay**
| **Animated Feature**
| **Original Song**
Home video sales
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'Shrek' and 'Shrek 2' have collectively raised over $1.6 billion in
home video sales. Together with the rest of the films in the series
with combined editions, the franchise's total revenue is over $2
billion.
Cast and characters
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Character colspan="5" | Main films colspan="7" | Short films
Attraction colspan="2" | Television specials colspan="2" | Spin-off
films Television series 'Shrek' 'Shrek 2' 'Shrek the Third' 'Shrek
Forever After' 'Shrek 5' 'Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party'
'Far Far Away Idol' 'Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular' 'Thriller
Night' 'The Pig Who Cried Werewolf' 'Puss in Boots: The Three
Diablos' 'Puss in Boots: The Trident' 'Shrek 4-D' 'Shrek the Halls'
'Scared Shrekless' 'Puss in Boots' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'
'The Adventures of Puss in Boots'
**Principal characters**
Shrek colspan="6" | Mike Myers Mike Myers Michael Gough Mike Myers
Michael Gough colspan="3" colspan="3" | Mike Myers rowspan="2"
Donkey colspan="8" | Eddie Murphy Dean Edwards colspan="3"
colspan="2" | Eddie Murphy Dean Edwards
Princess Fiona colspan="8" | Cameron Diaz Holly Fields colspan="3"
colspan="3" | Cameron Diaz colspan="3"
Lord Farquaad John Lithgow John Lithgow colspan="2" Sean Bishop
colspan="3" John Lithgow colspan="3"
Puss in Boots colspan="3" | Antonio Banderas colspan="2" | Antonio
Banderas André Sogliuzzo Antonio Banderas Eric Bauza colspan="4" |
Antonio Banderas Eric Bauza
King Harold colspan="3" | John Cleese colspan="3" colspan="9"
Queen Lillian colspan="3" | Julie Andrews colspan="3" colspan="9"
Fairy Godmother Jennifer Saunders colspan="3" Pinky Turzo
colspan="9"
Prince Charming colspan="2" | Rupert Everett Randy Crenshaw Sean
Bishop colspan="5" Sean Bishop colspan="3"
Arthur "Artie" Pendragon colspan="2" Justin Timberlake colspan="14"
Rumpelstiltskin colspan="2" Conrad Vernon Walt Dohrn colspan="2"
colspan="2" | Walt Dohrn colspan="9"
Humpty Dumpty colspan="11" colspan="2" Zach Galifianakis
colspan="2"
Kitty Softpaws colspan="10" Margo Rey colspan="4" colspan="2" |
Salma Hayek
Perrito colspan="10" Harvey Guillén colspan="4" Harvey Guillén
**Supporting characters**
Gingerbread Man colspan="8" | Conrad Vernon colspan="3" colspan="3"
| Conrad Vernon Conrad Vernon
Pinocchio colspan="8" | Cody Cameron colspan="3" colspan="3" | Cody
Cameron Cody Cameron
The Three Little Pigs colspan="8" | Cody Cameron Cody Cameron Sean
Bishop colspan="2" colspan="3" | Cody Cameron colspan="3"
Big Bad Wolf colspan="7" | Aron Warner Aron Warner colspan="2"
colspan="2" | Aron Warner colspan="3"
Three Blind Mice Christopher Knights Simon J. Smith Mike Myers
colspan="3" | Christopher Knights Christopher Knights Simon J. Smith
Mike Myers Randy Crenshaw Christopher Knights colspan="3"
colspan="3" | Christopher Knights colspan="3"
Magic Mirror colspan="2" | Chris Miller colspan="3" | Chris Miller
colspan="5" Chris Miller colspan="5"
Thelonious Christopher Knights colspan="2" Christopher Knights
colspan="2" colspan="3" Christopher Knights colspan="5"
Geppetto Chris Miller colspan="2" Chris Miller colspan="9" Sean
Bishop
Baby Bear Bobby Block colspan="3" colspan="5" Samson Kayo
colspan="4" Samson Kayo
Captain Hook Tom Waits Nick Cave Ian McShane Matt Mahaffey Matt
Mahaffey colspan="9"
Doris Larry King Jonathan Ross colspan="2" | Larry King Larry King
colspan="11"
Muffin Man Conrad Vernon Conrad Vernon colspan="9" Conrad Vernon
colspan="3"
Mongo Conrad Vernon colspan="5" Conrad Vernon colspan="9"
Jill Latifa Ouaou colspan="6" colspan="5" Amy Sedaris colspan="2"
Headless Horseman Conrad Vernon colspan="4" Bobby Kimball
colspan="9"
Mabel colspan="2" colspan="2" | Regis Philbin colspan="13"
rowspan="4" | Farkle, Fergus, and Felicia rowspan="4" colspan="2"
colspan="2" | Jordan Alexander Hauser rowspan="4" colspan="2"
rowspan="2" | Miles Christopher Bakshi rowspan="4" colspan="5"
colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Miles Christopher Bakshi rowspan="4"
colspan="3"
Dante James Hauser Ollie Mitchell
Jasper Johannes Andrews Miles Christopher Bakshi Nina Zoe Bakshi Nina
Zoe Bakshi rowspan="2" | Nina Zoe Bakshi
Zachary James Bernard Nina Zoe Bakshi Ollie Mitchell Dante James
Hauser
Brogan colspan="3" Jon Hamm colspan="2" Jon Hamm colspan="10"
Cookie colspan="3" Craig Robinson colspan="2" Craig Robinson
colspan="10"
Gretched colspan="3" Jane Lynch colspan="2" Jane Lynch colspan="10"
Pied Piper colspan="2" Jeremy Steig colspan="2" Jeremy Steig
colspan="9"
Ohhh Cat colspan="14" colspan="2" | Bob Persichetti
Jack colspan="14" Billy Bob Thornton colspan="2"
Imelda colspan="14" Constance Marie
Death / Wolf colspan="15" Wagner Moura
Big Jack Horner colspan="15" John Mulaney
Goldilocks colspan="10" Florence Pugh colspan="4" Florence Pugh
Kailey Crawford
Papa Bear colspan="10" Ray Winstone colspan="4" Ray Winstone
Mama Bear colspan="15" Olivia Colman
Ethical Bug colspan="15" Kevin McCann
Crew
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rowspan="2" | Role colspan="5" | Main films colspan="2" | Spin-offs
'Shrek' 'Shrek 2' 'Shrek the Third' 'Shrek Forever After' 'Shrek
5' 'Puss in Boots' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'
Director(s) Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury
Conrad Vernon Chris Miller Raman Hui Mike Mitchell Walt Dohrn Brad
Ableson Chris Miller Joel Crawford Januel Mercado
Producer(s) Aron Warner John H. Williams Jeffrey Katzenberg Aron
Warner David Lipman John H. Williams Aron Warner Gina Shay Teresa
Cheng Chris Meledandri Gina Shay Joe M. Aguilar Latifa Ouaou Mark
Swift
Executive Producer(s) Penney Finkelman Cox Sandra Rabins Jeffrey
Katzenberg Andrew Adamson John H. Williams Aron Warner Andrew Adamson
John H. Williams Andrew Adamson Guillermo del Toro Michelle Raimo
Kuoyate Andrew Adamson Chris Meledandri
Writer(s) Ted Elliott Terry Rossio Joe Stillman Roger S.H. Schulman
Andrew Adamson Joe Stillman J. David Stem David N. Weiss Andrew
Adamson Jeffrey Price Peter S. Seaman Chris Miller Aron Warner
Andrew Adamson Josh Klausner Darren Lemke Michael McCullers Tom
Wheeler Brian Lynch Will Davies Tom Wheeler Paul Fisher Tommy
Swerdlow Tommy Swerdlow Tom Wheeler
Composer(s) Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell colspan="3" | Harry
Gregson-Williams Henry Jackman Heitor Pereira
Editor(s) Sim Evan-Jones Michael Andrews Sim Evan-Jones Michael
Andrews Nick Fletcher Eric Dapkewicz James Ryan
Studio(s) colspan="3" | DreamWorks Animation PDI/DreamWorks
colspan="4" | DreamWorks Animation
Distributor(s) colspan="2" | DreamWorks Pictures colspan="2" |
Paramount Pictures Universal Pictures Paramount Pictures Universal
Pictures
Video games
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* 'Shrek'
* 'Shrek: Hassle at the Castle'
* 'Shrek: Extra Large'
* 'Shrek: Super Party'
* 'Shrek 2'
* 'Shrek SuperSlam'
* 'Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing'
* 'Shrek the Third'
* 'Shrek n' Roll'
* 'Madagascar Kartz'
* 'Shrek Forever After'
* 'DreamWorks Super Star Kartz'
Musical
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'Shrek the Musical' is a musical based on the first film of the
franchise. After a try out in Seattle, Washington, it began
performances on Broadway from November 8, 2008, before opening on
December 14. Despite mixed reviews, the musical received eight Tony
Award nominations including Best Musical. At the time, the most
expensive musical on Broadway ran for over a year and closed, at a
loss, on January 3, 2010, after 478 performances.
A re-imagined version of the show ran as a tour of the United States
from July 2010 to July 2011. The second tour launched in two months. A
West End production opened in London, United Kingdom in June 2011, to
positive reviews. It received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations
including Best New Musical. A differently staged production ran in
Israel in 2010, with international productions running since 2011 in
Poland and Spain, and since 2012 in France. The show was soon to
premiere in Brazil, Italy, Australia, and Philippines in 2012.
The title role was played by Brian d'Arcy James on Broadway, and Nigel
Lindsay on the West End. Other notable performances include Amanda
Holden (West End), Sutton Foster (Broadway) and Kimberley Walsh (West
End) as Princess Fiona, Christopher Sieber (Broadway) and Nigel Harman
(West End) as Lord Farquaad, and John Tartaglia (Broadway) as
Pinocchio.
Comics
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Dark Horse Comics released in 2003 three thirty-two-page full-color
comic books featuring Shrek, Donkey and Fiona, 'Shrek #1', 'Shrek #2',
and 'Shrek #3'. The comics were written by Mark Evanier and
illustrated by Ramon Bachs and Raul Fernandez.
Ape Entertainment also released under its KiZoic label five full-color
comic books, a fifty-two-page prequel to 'Shrek Forever After' titled
'Shrek' (2010), and four thirty-two-page books: 'Shrek #1' (2010),
'Shrek #2' (2010), 'Shrek #3' (2011), and 'Shrek #4' (2011).
Attractions
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'Far Far Away' is one of the seven themed lands in Universal Studios
Singapore, and it consists of many locations from the 'Shrek'
franchise, including the forty-meter-tall Far Far Away Castle.
'Shrek's Faire Faire Away' was one of the three areas at the
DreamWorks Experience-themed land at the Australian theme park
Dreamworld. It opened in 2012 and it consisted of a fixed arm,
rotating plane ride 'Dronkey Flyers', a kite flier 'Gingy's Glider', a
swing ride 'Puss in Boots Sword Swing' and a carousel 'Shrek's
Ogre-Go-Round'. The area was replaced by a section of Kenny and
Belinda's Dreamland in early 2023.
A 'Shrek'-themed attraction, called 'DreamWork's Tours Shrek's
Adventure! London', opened in 2015 at London County Hall as the first
of six attractions initially planned over nine years. This "Immersive
Tunnel" from Simworx is built in collaboration with Merlin
Entertainments. The 20,000 sqft live interactive walkthrough adventure
presents an original story written by DWA, along with a character
courtyard, also featuring characters from several other DreamWorks
Animation's franchises.
Multiple Shrek Water attractions opened at DreamWorks Water Park on
October 1, 2020, these attractions are called Far Far a Bay Wavepool,
Forbidden Waters Hot Tubs, Dragon and Donkey's Flight, Swamp &
Splash, Shrek's Sinkhole Slammer. Dreamworks Waterpark also includes
themed decorations that are balloons of Shrek and Donkey hanging from
the ceiling of the waterpark.
Universal Studios Florida's DreamWorks Land will include a recreation
of Shrek's cottage, Shrek's Swamp Meet, Shrek's Swamp for Little
Ogres, Mama Luna Feline Fiesta, King Harold's Swamp Symphony, and the
kiosk Swamp Snacks.
Internet fandom
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An underground fandom of the 'Shrek' film series emerged on the
Internet. With the fanbase described by some as having an ironic
liking towards the series, there have been several sexually explicit
memes based on the titular character. The most notable example is a
2013 metameme based on a fanmade video called "Shrek is love, Shrek is
life". Fans of Shrek are known as "Brogres", a take on the name
"Bronies", the fans of the show 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'
outside of the shows intended audience. A "Shrek Filmmaker" movement
of Source Filmmaker animators making videos based on the Internet's
obsession towards the character has also occurred.
Since 2014, Madison, Wisconsin has celebrated the annual Shrekfest
with costume and onion-eating contests, themed merchandise, and other
festivities. In November 2018, comedy group 3GI, organizer of
Shrekfest, released a shot-for-shot parody remake of the film 'Shrek'
made by a crew of over 200 artists, titled 'Shrek Retold'.
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