This is per the doomspeakers over at Deadline, who revealed that Universal has forestalled the birth of the long-gestating Shrek 5, delaying it from a July 2026 release to Christmas of that same year.

It has been almost 15 years since Shrek Forever After, the fourth Shrek movie, hit cinemas with the tagline The Final Chapter. But now DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures have announced ...

and Shrek Forever After. History might not repeat itself, but it could rhyme. The real donkey, who was paid for being the inspiration for the ‘Shrek’ character, was an “icon” according to ...