{"id":62838,"date":"2025-08-12T01:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/62838\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T01:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:55:09","slug":"shrek-5-delay-pushes-theatrical-release-date-to-summer-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/62838\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrek 5 Delay Pushes Theatrical Release Date to Summer 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Universal and DreamWorks Animation have announced a delay for Shrek 5<\/a>, pushing its release date to June 30, 2027.<\/p>\n

The companies announced the schedule shift<\/a> today, confirming the long-awaited fantasy follow-up will finally step out of the swamp in about two more years (via Variety<\/a>). It\u2019s a six-month delay from the previously announced December 23, 2026, release date<\/a> and about one year removed from the original July 1, 2026, premiere plan.<\/p>\n

DreamWorks and Universal refrained from sharing the reason behind their decision to push Shrek 5 to its new June 2027 release date. The change also comes with a new date for an Untitled Illumination Event Film, which is moving up from Shrek 5\u2019s late June spot to April 16, 2027.<\/p>\n

Shrek 5 was formally announced with a summer 2026 release date<\/a> last year. Its reveal promised the first mainline Shrek entry since 2010\u2019s Shrek Forever After<\/a> but kept story details under wraps as DreamWorks and Universal plotted how to bring Mike Myers\u2019 iconic green ogre back to the big screen. Outside of the occasional Puss in Boots spinoff<\/a>, it\u2019s been 15 years since audiences last saw Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona in their own movie.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve since learned a few details about how Shrek 5 will shake up the tongue-in-cheek fairy tale universe it originally introduced in 2001. Earlier this year, DreamWorks and Universal announced that Spider-Man and Dune veteran Zendaya had joined the film\u2019s cast as Shrek and Fiona\u2019s daughter, with Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz all back, too. A 30-second Shrek 5 trailer released in March<\/a> revealed its fresh new art style, as well as a sneak peek at Zendaya\u2019s character.<\/p>\n

How to Watch the Shrek Movies in Order\"The<\/p>\n

The long wait for Shrek 5 will continue for a few more years before it finally stomps its way into theaters June 30, 2027. While we wait, be sure to read up on how the internet \u2013 and Sonic the Hedgehog \u2013 reacted<\/a> to Shrek\u2019s updated animation style.<\/p>\n

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal and DreamWorks Animation have announced a delay for Shrek 5, pushing its release date to June 30,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-62838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}