Shrek's cinematic return is still coming, but he'll have to wait for the Minions to get done taking over summer 2026.

Shrek and the Minions will both be on the big screen in 2026. Universal Pictures announced Friday that the highly-anticipated animated movies are swapping their theatrical release dates, with ...

Universal Pictures has delayed Shrek 5 by a few months to December 23, 2026 while putting Despicable 3 spin-off Minions 3 in its original slot.

Universal Pictures is putting Minions 3 and Shrek 5 in the same year's release window opening next year, with the former coming out on December 23, 2026, and the latter sometime around summer, accordi ...

The shocking announcement that Shrek 5 will be delayed into the future while Minions 3 will have an earlier release date made ...

Universal Pictures has shifted the release dates for Shrek 5 and Minions 3. Shrek 5 will now premiere on December 23, 2026, coinciding with the franch ...

Universal has announced that DreamWorks Animation’s “Shrek 5” will be moving from July 1, 2026, to Dec. 23, 2026. In its place, Universal will open Illumination’s “Minions 3,” which ...

This is per the doomspeakers over at Deadline, who revealed that Universal has forestalled the birth of the long-gestating ...

It's also been revealed that an untitled Illumination event movie has moved from March 19, 2027 to Minions 3's vacant June date. Shrek 5 is being released to coincide with DreamWorks' 25th ...

Minions, meanwhile, have had almost their entire run of dominance in the time between the two most recent Shrek movies. They first appeared in Despicable Me and were last seen in 2024’s ...