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‘Shrek 5' rumors, filming, leaked details and everything else we know about the upcoming movie

Photo by: Shrek/Facebook

“Shrek 5” has yet to arrive despite being confirmed for almost six years now. It was in February 2014 when the fifth movie was reported to be in production but filming did not actually start at that time.

Rather, a new update was released in 2015 just after NBCUniversal bought DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion. Universal’s chief Steve Burke expressed his intentions to revive the “Shrek” franchise and other Dreamworks animations and the following year, news that “Shrek 5” is coming in 2019 have surfaced.

Filming to begin soon?

Still, the rumored release did not happen last year and now new leaked details suggest that “Shrek 5” will be filming soon. This is because an exact premiere date was leaked online and many people think that this is accurate this time around.

Based on the report, the fifth Shrek film is coming to theaters on Sept. 23, 2022. With the date in place, it can be assumed that “Shrek 5” will begin filming any time now to make it to the deadline.

The script is complete and all set

Moreover, it is easier for the filming to begin because as Den of Geek reported, the “Shrek 5” script has long been completed. Pre-production works can easily proceed as well since the texts for the movie is complete and the production team just need to follow what’s written there for their preparations.

“I finished that script which I really, really, really love,” Michael McCullers, the newly hired writer for the film told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s really personal to me. It’s got a pretty big reinvention behind it that I guess I can’t really reveal, but since DreamWorks was sold to Universal in that time for over $3 billion, I imagine they’re particularly interested in it stepping up and actually figuring out the future of the franchise in that way on the corporate level.”

Dreamworks has confirmed the Shrek 5 sequel a long ago but it’s been years and work has not started on the film. However, with the recently leaked Shrek 5 release date, it seems that production and filming will start soon and Shrek 5 could be a reboot, instead of a sequel.

Predicted plot based on theories and rumors

NBCUniversal hired a new writer for “Shrek 5” so that it can be reinvented. Now various theories were posted and it was predicted that the upcoming film will be a modernized version of the “Shrek” movies and this means that the theme will change.

“Shrek 5” will still be fun and the story will be something that people of today will be able to relate to. With that said, there is a theory that perhaps the Shrek family will be set in a city with gadgets and modern facilities. Also, at this time around, Fiona and Shrek’s children have already grown by now.

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