{"id":968696,"date":"2026-11-13T03:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T03:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/968696\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T03:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T03:58:10","slug":"mike-myers-on-shrek-spinoff-donkey-writing-austin-powers-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/968696\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Myers on ‘Shrek’ Spinoff ‘Donkey,’ Writing ‘Austin Powers 4’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAs Mike Myers<\/a> prepares to return to the swamp with Shrek<\/a> 5 next summer, the actor is already looking ahead to the franchise\u2019s future \u2014 and sharing his excitement about Donkey finally getting a movie of his own.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019d love to,\u201d Myers told The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday night at the Focker-in-Law premiere in New York when asked about continuing the Shrek films beyond their fifth installment. \u201cIt\u2019s so much fun. It\u2019s so well written. The filmmakers are so lovely and they\u2019re so nice to me and I love playing the character. I love the messages in there and Cameron [Diaz]\u2019s fantastic and Eddie [Murphy]\u2019s a genius.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to Shrek 5<\/a>, which will welcome Focker-in-Law star Skyler Gisondo<\/a> into the mix as Farkle, one of Shrek (Myers) and Fiona\u2019s (Diaz) teenage triplet sons, the franchise is also expanding with a standalone Donkey movie<\/a>. Murphy is set to return to voice the beloved character in the DreamWorks Animation feature with a release date set for June 30, 2028.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the Donkey movie has been described as a prequel exploring the character\u2019s origin story, Myers isn\u2019t entirely ruling out the possibility that Shrek could make an appearance. Regardless, he\u2019s looking forward to seeing his longtime co-star get the spotlight.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wish Donkey lived in my house! I love that character so much,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m in it. I might be. I\u2019m not sure, but it\u2019s long overdue. That character is one of my favorite characters of all time, and Eddie\u2019s so great in it. I\u2019m surprised it hasn\u2019t come sooner, but I\u2019ll be the first in line to see it. I love that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMyers even joked about just how much he loves the character, adding, \u201cHonest to God, I have a cat named Pickles, and I love that cat as much as I love Donkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother long-awaited project Myers addressed was a fourth Austin Powers<\/a> movie. Myers and filmmaker Jay Roach, who directed the 1997 original Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and its two sequels, have previously teased the possibility<\/a> of another installment in the James Bond-spoofing franchise. The last film, Austin Powers in Goldmember, hit theaters in 2002.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough Myers was tight-lipped about revealing too much, he confirmed to THR that he is currently writing the screenplay for a fourth film.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYes, we are. I\u2019m writing it right now; I\u2019m having a great time,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m very, very secretive. He\u2019s a secret agent, so I can\u2019t really say too much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Mike Myers prepares to return to the swamp with Shrek 5 next summer, the actor is already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":968697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[330047,49,48,33209,75,1048,179976,337,3661,192280,105329],"class_list":["post-968696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-austin-powers","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-eddie-murphy","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-mike-myers","tag-movies","tag-red-carpet","tag-shrek","tag-shrek-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968696","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=968696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}