It’s happening… it’s really happening! Shrek 5 has dropped its first official teaser trailer, bringing Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz back to Far, Far Away for one more gloriously strange adventure.
The swamp crew is officially back. DreamWorks Animation’s latest preview reunites Shrek, Fiona and Donkey while introducing a grown-up new generation of ogres—and reminding everyone that this franchise has never met a fairy-tale convention it could not lovingly roast.
Zendaya has joined the returning original voice cast as Shrek and Fiona’s daughter, Felicia. She does not appear in this particular teaser, but her casting adds another major name to a sequel already carrying more than two decades of franchise history.
New animation, adult ogre kids and a deeply committed Donkey performance from behind bars? We are so back.
Far, Far Away Gets a Modern Makeover
The teaser begins with a storybook recap that immediately calls back to the 2001 original. Donkey interrupts the nostalgia by announcing that it is time for a makeover, conveniently setting up the noticeably updated animation style surrounding the returning characters.
From there, the trailer throws Shrek and the family into a big-city adventure packed with giants, law enforcement, a suspicious snowman parody and the kind of slightly inappropriate gingerbread humor that only this universe would attempt.
The final gag finds Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and the ogre children locked together in a jail cell while Donkey turns the moment into an unwanted concert. Shrek’s patience remains exactly where longtime viewers left it.
The Original Trio Returns With a New Generation
Mike Myers returns as Shrek, Eddie Murphy is back as Donkey and Cameron Diaz once again voices Princess Fiona. Zendaya joins them as Felicia, the daughter of Shrek and Fiona, while Marcello Hernández and Skyler Gisondo voice the couple’s sons, Fergus and Farkle.
Although Zendaya’s Felicia sits out this first footage, the expanded family makes it clear that Shrek 5 is not simply rebuilding the original trio’s greatest hits. The sequel is setting up a generational handoff without pushing its founding characters out of the swamp.
Shrek and Fiona raised three children, and apparently the reward is getting arrested together as adults.
Shrek 5 Heads to Theaters in June 2027
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have scheduled Shrek 5 to open in theaters on June 30, 2027. The film marks the main franchise’s first new installment since Shrek Forever After arrived in 2010.
Franchise veterans Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon are directing the sequel, bringing years of creative history with the ogre universe into its next chapter. After several release-date moves, the swamp’s return is now planted firmly in summer 2027.
It may still be far, far away—but for the first time in years, the finish line is finally visible.
Watch the Official Shrek 5 Teaser Trailer
Watch Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and their grown children begin another chaotic adventure through Far, Far Away in the first official teaser for Shrek 5.
Experience the sneak peek above and prepare to return to a fairy-tale world where no storybook, pop song or rival animation studio is ever completely safe.
The swamp has changed, the kids have grown and Donkey still refuses to read the room. Perfect.
Sources: the official Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation teaser trailer, Variety’s trailer and cast report, Deadline’s first-look report and the official DreamWorks Shrek page.
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