Universal Shuffles Shrek and the Minions Around for Its 2026 Plans

It wasn’t that long ago that DreamWorks revealed Shrek The franchise was back with a new movie. For those excited to give back He, Fiona, is blindyou will have to wait a little longer.

On Friday, Universal announced it had pushed Shrek 5 returns from its original slot of July 1, 2026 to December 23 of the same year. Minions 3 now he has Shrek original location; Illumination’s threequel was announced last year with an expected release of June 30, 2027. And where Minions once upon a time, a currently untitled Illumination film has now planted a flag on that June 2027 date after being locked down that March.

The studio didn’t say why it pushed the movies forward (or back), but it ends up working Shrek and Minionsfavor U despicable me franchise tends to do pretty well during the Independence Day season, and films for children they have been shown to have quite strong holiday legs.

Both of them Shrek 5 and Minions 3 they are led by long-time veterans from their respective franchises. Shrek 2 co-director Conrad Vernon and Walt Dohrn, the artist-story in charge shrek 4, are directing the new film, which brings back the series’ voice trio of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy. Puss in boots 2 The end of the cat of Antonio Banderas may also return, but currently it is not clear how or if it will be presented in this film. Meanwhile, Minions 3 it will be directed by Peter Coffin, who directed the first three despicable me movies (and voices of the chittering yellow beasts), and written by Brian Lynch, who wrote the original 2015 spinoff film.

So to recap: Minions 3 on July 1, 2026, Shrek 5 on December 23, 2026, and an unknown Illumination movie on June 30, 2027. And shortly before Minions is it the next Super Mario on April 3, 2026.

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