A Donkey film is officially in the performs, and Eddie Murphy will star in the film as his legendary Shrek character, the actor lately uncovered.

For the duration of a new conversation with Collider, Murphy was requested about the globe of Shrek and what DreamWorks Animation has in maintain for the franchise. Murphy then unveiled that not only seasoned generation on Shrek 5 began presently, but a donkey film was also planned for immediately after.

What did Eddie Murphy say about a Donkey motion image?

“We commenced accomplishing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months in the past,” Murphy pointed out. “I did this, I recorded the 1st act, and we’ll be undertaking it this yr, we’ll end it up. Shrek is coming out, and Donkey’s gonna have his individual movie. We’re gonna do Donkey as properly. So we’re gonna do a Shrek, and we’re undertaking a Donkey [movie].”

When asked irrespective of whether or not the videos had been getting obtaining constructed concurrently or would release close jointly, Murphy clarified that the Donkey film would happen someday quickly immediately after the fifth Shrek film.

“No, not at the very same time. I began recording Shrek, I assume it is coming out in 2025, and we’re performing a Donkey one up coming,” claimed Murphy.

Talks of a fifth Shrek and Donkey motion image have been taking place for a quantity of months now, with Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri revealing that Shrek 5 was in the functions extremely final 12 months and Eddie Murphy conversing about a Donkey film all about the identical time.