Shrek Forever After
2010 DreamWorks Animation film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shrek Forever After[lower-alpha 1] is a 2010 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig. Directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, it is the sequel to Shrek the Third (2007) and the fourth installment in the Shrek film series. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, and Julie Andrews reprising their voice roles from the previous films, with Walt Dohrn joining the cast. The plot follows Shrek who struggles with the responsibilities and stress of being a domesticated family man, yearning for the days he was once feared and lived in solitude. He is tricked by Rumpelstiltskin into signing a contract that leads to disastrous consequences.
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Directed by | Mike Mitchell |
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Based on | Shrek! by William Steig |
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Cinematography | Yong Duk Jhun |
Edited by | Nick Fletcher |
Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1] DreamWorks Animation[1] |
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Running time | 93 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $135–165 million[2][3][4] |
Box office | $756.2 million[5] |
Shrek Forever After premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2010, and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 21, 2010. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed a worldwide total of $756 million, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2010. It debuted as the top-grossing film at the box office, a position held for three consecutive weeks in the United States and Canada. Two spin-offs, Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), have been released, while a fifth Shrek film is in development.