Eddie Murphy Gives an Update on His ‘Shrek' Spin-Off
Regarding Shrek 5, Murphy said that he and his co-stars, including Mike Myers (Shrek), Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), and newcomer Zendaya (as Shrek's daughter), are still recording dialogue. 'We're still in the booth, and literally, we're still doing Shrek,' he said and added that soon after he'll be shifting his focus to his spin-off.
'We start in September on Donkey, we're doing a Donkey one, and that'll be three years from now, but we're about two years into Shrek 5. Still in the booth and about to start Donkey in September.'
When asked if it was going to be a television show, the actor responded, 'No, Donkey's going to be like how Puss in Boots had his own movie.'
He continued. '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.'
We're excited to see how the upcoming movie will explore the 'Dronkey' family dynamics with Donkey's likely grown brood of winged compact horse children. And if there's potential to learn more about Donkey's dragon wife, we're ready for it.
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