Fan response has been extremely combined with the animation. Whereas some don’t discover a distinction, quite a lot of folks have complained concerning the replace.
A fifth Shrek movie has been formally within the works. It’s set for a December 2026 launch date (across the twenty fifth anniversary of the unique movie) , with authentic solid members Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy all confirmed. Murphy himself, within the press lead-up to Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, revealed that some recording had already been performed for the movie and that his character, Donkey, is about for his personal spinoff film. Yesterday, it was introduced that Zendaya will likely be becoming a member of in on the subsequent storybook journey as she’s been solid as Shrek and Fiona’s daughter.
The studio revealed the information in an announcement teaser trailer that confirmed all of the common principal characters returning, in addition to the addition of Zendaya’s character. Similar to the Toy Story films have developed, many will discover that the animation within the new trailer has been up to date with extra fashionable results. This, nevertheless, didn’t meet the satisfaction of many followers on social media as quite a lot of accounts have complained concerning the new look and a few name for a Sonic the Hedgehog-like redo.
One consumer posted, “Why does the animation look like an AI interpretation of what Shrek 5 could look like?” with a heartbreak emoji.
One other consumer posted, “can we bully dreamworks to change the shrek 5 animation like we did to paramount to change sonic’s animation?”
One other consumer on social media posted, “The animation for Shrek 5 is trash compared to Shrek 2 which came out over 20 years ago!”
One consumer would go right into a little bit of element and examine the animation to a low-budget DVD-style in high quality as they posted, “This new animation style for #Shrek5 is really bad. Looks really unfinished and clunky. Honestly gives the vibes of a low budget dvd sequel. Don’t understand the change from the prior movies.”
One particular person put the state of affairs in a context that compares it to Puss in Boots, “Shrek has had a style and look that hasn’t changed since 2001. Now he’s in the puss in boots art style, and it triggered everyone’s fight or flight.”

One other consumer provided an analogous personal take, evaluating it to Puss in Boots 2, “‘Shrek 5 Animation looks off’ I’d say its bc of the art style shift, Shrek films are known for it’s realistic look, Considering it’s been over 10 years since the last shrek movie, and switched it up to be more stylstic like they did in Puss in Boots 2”