Eddie Murphy‘s beloved Donkey from the Shrek franchise is getting his personal journey, presumably involving waffles.
Universal Photos introduced Thursday that the studio is about to launch Donkey theatrically June 30, 2028. Murphy will return for the DreamWorks Animation characteristic to voice the character that he has performed because the unique Shrek hit theaters in 2001.
Donkey returns audiences to a land Far, Far Away in telling the adventure-seeking title character’s origin story. Charlie Bean, identified for helming The Lego Ninjago Film, is directing the prequel film that counts Matt Flynn, who labored on The Dangerous Guys, as co-director. Rebecca Huntley serves as producer.
That is the newest excellent news for followers of the long-running animation franchise that explores the fairy story world and is loosely based mostly on William Steig’s 1990 image guide, Shrek! Hitting theaters next summer, Shrek 5 sees Zendaya becoming a member of the voice forged that features returnees Mike Myers because the titular misunderstood ogre, Murphy as his greatest pal Donkey and Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona.
The Shrek sequence’ 4 theatrical films have surpassed $2.9 billion on the world field workplace, with the newest title being 2010’s Shrek Without end After. It additionally spawned two spinoff films centered on Antonio Banderas’ Puss in Boots, with Puss in Boots: The Final Want arriving in 2022.
Murphy teased the Donkey-focused challenge late final yr throughout a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I’ve always said I would do Shrek forever,” the star stated on the time. “Donkey is a great character to play. I love the whole cast. So I was excited when it was like, ‘Hey, they’re doing another one,’ and they want to do a Donkey one, too. I’m totally into it.”
