Eddie Murphy‘s beloved Donkey from the Shrek franchise is getting his personal journey, presumably involving waffles.
Common Photos introduced Thursday that the studio is ready to launch Donkey theatrically June 30, 2028. Murphy will return for the DreamWorks Animation characteristic to voice the character that he has performed for the reason that authentic 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 Unhealthy Guys, as co-director. Rebecca Huntley serves as producer.
That is the most recent 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 e book, Shrek! Hitting theaters subsequent summer season, Shrek 5 sees Zendaya becoming a member of the voice solid 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 latest title being 2010’s Shrek Endlessly 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 mission late final yr throughout a dialog with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I’ve at all times mentioned I might do Shrek endlessly,” the star mentioned on the time. “Donkey is a good character to play. I really like the entire solid. So I used to be excited when it was like, ‘Hey, they’re doing one other one,’ and so they need to do a Donkey one, too. I’m completely into it.”
