‘Shrek’ Donkey Spinoff Movie Happening, Eddie Murphy Says

Eddie Murphy let slip some major Shrek news during a new interview.

The 64-year-old comedy icon was promoting his upcoming film The Pickup when he was asked about his upcoming role in Shrek 5. Murphy said he’s currently recording the DreamWorks release, but is then going to start recording dialogue for a Shrek spinoff film centered around his beloved Donkey character.

“We’re still in the booth, and literally, we’re still doing Shrek,” he told Screenrant. “We start in September on Donkey — we’re doing a Donkey one, and that’ll [be released] three years from now. But we’re about two years into Shrek 5. Still in the booth and about to start Donkey in September.”

Continued Murphy: “Donkey‘s going to be like how Puss in Boots had his own movie, Donkey’s going to have his own movie — [his] own little story with his dragon wife and his kids that are half-dragon and half-donkeys. They’ve written this funny story. We’re doing that, starting that in September.”

Murphy has teased a Donkey movie in the past, but these are his most substantive comments yet.

DreamWorks had no comment, but a spinoff around the fan-favorite character certainly sounds like a viable project — especially given the box office success of the two Puss in Boots spinoff films (2011’s Puss in Boots and 2022’s stellar Puss in Boots: The Last Wish).

Donkey has been the giant green orge’s sidekick starting with the 2001 original, and continuing through three more films.

Murphy’s The Pickup is a heist action comedy coming to Prime Video that’s directed by Tim Story and stars Murphy, Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson. In the film, a pair of mismatched armored truck drivers (Murphy and Davidson) find their routine cash pickup escalating into chaotic mayhem when they’re ambushed by ruthless criminals led by the savvy mastermind (Palmer). The film will be released on Aug. 6.

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