Shrek 5 in the works?

[badlands]

I read Dreamworks is thinking about another Shrek movie. I am hoping for parody of Beauty and the Beast.

[august]

According to Wikipedia (so it must be true :laugh: :crazy: ):

Following the success of Shrek 2 in May 2004, 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 Animation (DWA) 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, 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."

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In July 2016, The Hollywood Reporter cited sources saying that the fifth film is planned for a 2019 release. In
September 2016, Eddie Murphy confirmed that the film is expected to be released in 2019 or 2020, and that the script had been completed. According to
Shrek Forever After director, Mike Mitchell, the story for the film was written by Austin Powers writer, Michael McCullers, based on his own idea.