Shrek: Like an Onion

Shrek: Like an Onion, also known as Shrek 5, is a 2025 3D animated comedy action film directed by Joel Crawford and produced by DreamWorks Animation. This movie is a fifth installment of the Shrek franchise (seventh, counting Puss in Boots movies), and the sequel to Shrek Forever After and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. This film will be released on April 22th, 2026.

Cinemacon 2025 Announcment:
"In the long awaited fifth chapter of Shrek's story, after receiving an invite from his siblings, Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Puss in Boots, and the rest of their friends go for a new adventure into less known territories of the fairy tale world to meet with the ogre tribe Shrek is from. Meanwhile, on the other side of fairy tale world, a new villain called King Brutus of the Blade Kingdom emerges and joines his forces with Rumpelstiltskin who gets freed by Brutus' forces, with a plan to bring a new order to the world by his armies. Now, the ogres and Far Far Away have to join their forces to protect the world from the Blade Kingdom threat."

Summary
The film begins with Shrek having visit from Donkey and his kids on his swamp, during which the two recalls the adventures they had through years, but now, as a heads of their respective families, they have their duties and unlike Puss that left Far Far Away few months earlier, they cannot leave everything back just for sake of adventure. Then, a post arrives, delivering some very interesting news. First, Puss sent a letter from Del Mar that he had enough adventures in that side of the world and comes back to Far Far Away with some new friends, and for second, the letter sent from ogre's tribe. After reading this, it turns out Shrek has a younger siblings - a brother called Grenk who wrote this letter, and a sister called Kenkra, who became the chieftain of the tribe. They both heard much of their lost older brother and want to meet him personaly. After a moment of thinking, Shrek decides that after getting Puss from the harbor, he and his friends will went for a new adventure.

Cast

 * Mike Myers as Shrek
 * Eddie Murphy as Donkey
 * Cameron Diaz as Fiona
 * Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots
 * Salma Hayek as Kitty Softpaws
 * Harvey Guillén as Perrito
 * Keegan-Michael Key as Grenk, Shrek's younger brother.
 * Katee Sackhoff as Kenkra, Shrek's younger sister, and the ogre's tribe leader.
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as King Brutus, the ruler of the Blade Kingdom. A ruler of iron hand, who's ambitions look even further than the Blade Kingdom
 * Oscar Issac as Benjamin, the youngest and only alive of Brutus' twelve sons. Now, hiding as mercenary in ogre's tribe, hoping for his father's downfall
 * Daisy Ridley as Princess Enyana, the thirteenth King Brutus child and his only daughter. The heir of the Blade Kingdom's throne, and it's greatest warrior
 * Walt Dohrn as Rumpelstiltskin
 * Eric Idle as Merlin
 * Justin Timberlake as King Arthur Pendragon
 * Julie Andrews as Queen Lillian
 * Conrad Vernon as Gingy
 * Cody Cameron as Pinocchio / Three Little Pigs
 * Aron Warner as Wolf
 * Chris Miller as Magic Mirror
 * Mike Mitchell as Butter Pants

Production
The official development details about Shrek 5, if you want to know more

In December 2023, DreamWorks announced that Shrek 5 is indeed in works via their Twitter account, with the relase date announced on April 22th, 2026. During Cinemacon 2025, Mike Myers revealed the film's official title and synopsis, as well as it's director an writers, with the information that more of cast members will be announced soon.

In September 2025, during an interview, the director Joel Crawford revealed that Keegan-Michael Key, Benedict Cumberbatch, Oscar Issac, Daisy Ridley and Katee Sackhoff have joined the movie cast for not yet announced roles, and that the paintery animation style from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish will be used in Like an Onion as well. He also revealed that Death cameo is possible.

On October 6th 2025, a first teaser poster for the movie was revealed along with the full cast list, and the first teaser trailer relased next day. It quickly became one of most watched movie trailers of all time, getting over 150 million views in 24 hours after it's relase.

Trivia

 * It will be the third DreamWorks Animation film to be directed by Joel Crawford after The Croods: A New Age and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
 * It will be the ninth DreamWorks Animation film to have it's score to be composed by Harry Gregson Williams. It is also the first DreamWorks Animation movie with score composed by him since Shrek Forever After
 * The movie's release date is also the 25th anniversary of the first Shrek's world premiere.
 * It will be the first Shrek movie to not have its wide release date in May.
 * The three new major characters, King Brutus, Princess Enyana and Benjamin, are loosely inspired by the Grimms' Fairy Tale, "The Twelve Brothers".