Lacey Bridges
Seven years after the jolly green ogre left in a blackish screen fade, the writer of the fifth “Shrek” movie says Mike Myers’ most family-friendly franchise creation hints that the new sequel will be on screens sooner than we thought.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael McCullers says the film – which he describes as a reboot – is already done.
“I finished that script which I really, really, really love. It’s really personal to me. It’s got a pretty big reinvention behind it that I guess I can’t really reveal, but since DreamWorks was sold to Universal in that time for over $3 billion, I imagine they’re particularly interested in it stepping up and actually figuring out the future of the franchise in that way on the corporate level.
Reinvention was sort of called for. There [have] been four movies and a lot of material, so the characters are pretty beloved and they’re great characters, but you also have to think of a pretty new take at that point.”
Michael McCullers, writer of the current hit “The Boss Baby”, fails to mention whether the original cast – Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy – will be back, but can’t imagine they won’t be.
