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\n\tEddie Murphy\u2018s beloved Donkey from the Shrek franchise is getting his personal journey, presumably involving waffles.<\/p>\n
\n\tCommon Photos introduced Thursday that the studio is about to launch Donkey theatrically June 30, 2028. Murphy will return for the DreamWorks Animation characteristic to voice the character that he has performed for the reason that authentic Shrek hit theaters in 2001.<\/p>\n
\n\tDonkey returns audiences to to a land Far, Far Away in telling the adventure-seeking title character\u2019s origin story. Charlie Bean, identified for helming The Lego Batman Film, is directing the prequel film that counts Matt Flynn as co-director. Rebecca Huntley serves as producer.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat is the most recent excellent news for followers of the long-running animation franchise that explores the fairy story world and is loosely based mostly on William Steig\u2019s 1990 image guide, Shrek! Hitting theaters subsequent summer season, Shrek 5 sees Zendaya becoming a member of the voice solid that features returnees Mike Myers\u00a0because the titular misunderstood ogre,\u00a0Murphy\u00a0as his finest pal Donkey and\u00a0Cameron Diaz\u00a0as Princess Fiona.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Shrek collection\u2019 4 theatrical films have surpassed $2.9 billion on the world field workplace, with the latest title being 2010\u2019s\u00a0Shrek Eternally After. It additionally spawned two spinoff films centered on Antonio Banderas\u2019 Puss in Boots, with\u00a0Puss in Boots: The Final Want\u00a0arriving in 2022.<\/p>\n \n\tMurphy teased the Donkey-focused undertaking late final 12 months throughout a dialog with The Hollywood Reporter. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019ve at all times mentioned I might do\u00a0Shrek\u00a0endlessly,\u201d the star mentioned on the time. \u201cDonkey is a good character to play. I like the entire solid. So I used to be excited when it was like, \u2018Hey, they\u2019re doing one other one,\u2019 they usually need to\u00a0do a Donkey one, too. I\u2019m completely into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n