Shrek 5 To Have "Pretty New Take"
The fifth Shrek movie in-the-works at DreamWorks Animations, which is now owned by NBC Universal, is said to be a 'reinvention' of the much-loved franchise.
The last entry in the series was regarded as the last major Shrek adventure on the big screen but the corporate overlords have decreed otherwise. Tentatively named Shrek 5, their plans for it remain a mystery.
Former SNL writer Michael McCullers, who has worked on the script for the new Shrek, has revealed some small slivers of what could eventually appear on the silver screen. A 2019 date has been floated about for the new sequel/prequel/spin-off or whatever.
“I finished that script which I really, really, really love. It’s really personal to me. It’s got a pretty big reinvention behind it that I guess I can’t really reveal, but since DreamWorks was sold to Universal in that time for over $3 billion, I imagine they’re particularly interested in it stepping up and actually figuring out the future of the franchise in that way on the corporate level," McCullers told CinemaBlend.
"Reinvention was sort of called for," he continued. "...four movies and a lot of material, so the characters are pretty beloved and they’re great characters, but you also have to think of a pretty new take at that point.”
Spoiler! By the end of the fourth Shrek movie Shrek and Fiona had a number of ogre babies so it's possible they could follow a whole new story with one of the offspring. Preteen or even teenage ogres could certainly get up to plenty of trouble in the fairytale world of Shrek.
Shrek 5 is currently pencilled in for 2019.
