Dana Carvey said on the Fly on the Wall podcast that Mike Myers told him, "We're doing two more."
The remark lands on a busy calendar for the franchise: DreamWorks Animation has Shrek 5 set for theatrical release on June 30, 2027, and a sixth Shrek film is reportedly in development. Carvey's account names a single person in the center of the news — Myers — and it is the clearest public indication yet from within the cast that more than one new Shrek project may be coming.
The scale behind that suggestion matters. Shrek 5 will be the first mainline entry in 17 years, and DreamWorks has assembled much of the original vocal core: Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers are all returning as Donkey, Fiona and Shrek, while Zendaya will play the couple's daughter. Separately, Eddie Murphy has said DreamWorks is actively developing a standalone Donkey movie projected for theaters in 2028.
The financial backdrop makes additional entries a plausible bet for the studio. The Shrek franchise has grossed nearly $4 billion globally across six theatrical releases, and the most recent spin-off success — Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, released in 2022 — grossed nearly $484 million worldwide against a production budget estimated between $90 million and $110 million.
Context sharpens the moment. The first Shrek opened in 2001 and the last mainline film, Shrek Forever After, arrived in 2010 and was widely seen as the series end-point. The franchise has since grown through three direct sequels and two spin-offs, and the surprise in-car remark from Carvey comes after a year of shifting schedules: Shrek 5 was reportedly announced for July 2026 before being pushed back to its current June 30, 2027 date.
The tension is plain. Carvey's statement that Myers said, "We're doing two more," implies intent inside the cast, but DreamWorks has not publicly announced Shrek 6. Industry reports saying a sixth film is in development sit alongside Carvey's on-the-record claim and Eddie Murphy's public comments about a Donkey spinoff. Those three threads point the same way but they do not yet form a single, studio-confirmed plan.
Put together, however, the facts create a clear picture: a scheduled Shrek 5 with original cast members returning, a reported sixth film in development, a confirmed Donkey spinoff targeted for 2028 and a direct quote from a longtime cast member that two more films are coming. That convergence makes it reasonable to conclude the franchise is in an active expansion phase — not merely planning one new entry but lining up multiple projects.
So did Mike Myers signal two more Shrek films? Based on Dana Carvey's on-record account, the scheduled Shrek 5 release, reporting of a sixth film and the announced Donkey spinoff, the best-informed judgment is yes: the available facts point to at least two additional Shrek-related theatrical projects in the pipeline, even if DreamWorks has not yet issued a public confirmation of each title.
