Overview
- Universal Pictures and DreamWorks announced the film on Thursday, confirming a theatrical release date of June 30, 2028.
- Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as Donkey in a story described by the studio as an origin tale about how a donkey became Donkey.
- Charlie Bean is attached as director, Matt Flynn as co-director, and Rebecca Huntley as producer, according to studio credits reported by multiple outlets.
- The film is scheduled to open exactly one year after Shrek 5’s planned June 30, 2027 release, placing it against other major summer tentpoles and underscoring strategic franchise timing.
- The Donkey announcement builds on DreamWorks’ history of successful character spinoffs and a multi-billion dollar Shrek franchise, and it follows Eddie Murphy’s earlier public teasers about Donkey’s dragon wife and hybrid children.