Tag: Shrek
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Can Live-Action Remakes of Animated Movies Please Stop?
Those live-action remakes of animated Disney movies have proven so lucrative at the box office since 2010 that it was inevitable that other studios would get in on the act. I had a hunch DreamWorks Animation would always be the next one to jump into this fray given that the studio has an extensive library…
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‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ Sets Blu-Ray, Digital and DVD Release Dates
Fresh of its nomination for an Academy Award, the latest adventure in the Shrek universe is about to come home! It has been announced that Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is coming to home media in a Collector’s Edition that comes with tons of bonus content like an all-new animated short, deleted scenes, and…
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Indiana Jones 5: Antonio Banderas Reveals Details About His Character
Audiences may currently be praying for mercy from Puss in Boots, particularly in the wake of its stunning box office success—most recently scratching and clawing its way beyond the 300 million mark at the worldwide box office, with a lot of that down to the appeal of its star, Antonio Banderas. After reprising his role…
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Eddie Murphy Wants ‘Shrek 5,‘ Says Donkey Deserves a Spinoff Over Puss in Boots: ’Puss Ain’t as Funny as the Donkey’
Eddie Murphy is more than ready to reprise Donkey in a fifth “Shrek” movie of a Donkey-centric spinoff movie. So far, only Antonio Banderas’ Puss in Boots has gotten the “Shrek” spinoff treatment with 2011’s “Puss in Boots” and 2022’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” According to Murphy, Donkey is far funnier and more…
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The 10 Best Villains in DreamWorks Animated Movies, Ranked
Content Warning: The following article contains spoilers.In the world of animation, there have been few instances of rapid success like the rise of DreamWorks. Formed in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, the studio helped to cement the rise of CGI animated films with the release of Shrek, which became the first…
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Every Movie in the ‘Shrek’ Universe, Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes
It’s been over twenty years since Dreamworks Animation released the very first Shrek movie, launching a franchise that has stood the test of time, one that appealed to not just children, but adults as well. And that story about a grumpy ogre who falls in love remains a top-tier film that has now spawned three…
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Chris Farley’s Shrek Would Have Given Us a More Vulnerable Look at the Comedian
Released in 2001, the DreamWorks animated film Shrek was a massive commercial success, raking in 484 million across the globe and winning the first-ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It was a pop culture phenomenon that would spawn three sequels (Shrek 2 would almost double the original’s haul) and a Puss In Boots spinoff. Everything…
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Review: A Purr-fect Comeback
It would be fair to say that DreamWorks Animation is not the juggernaut that it used to be. From the early 2000s up until the early 2010s, the animation studio has given audiences true classics in the medium including the first two Shrek films, the Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon trilogies,…
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Every ‘Ice Age’ Movie, Ranked From Chilly To Ice-Cap Melting
Twenty years ago, Ice Age hit cinemas for young viewers to enjoy a break from Disney and Pixar’s dynamic animation creations. Following the Paleolithic journey of the ice age coming undone, viewers have watched as loner Manny the Mammoth (Ray Romano), outcast Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo), and slick Diego the Sabertooth Tiger (Dennis Leary)…
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Antonio Banderas Wants to See Tom Holland Play Zorro: ‘I Would Pass the Torch’
With the upcoming “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” Antonio Banderas is returning to his most iconic animated role as the swashbuckling cat from the “Shrek” franchise. So how would he feel about reprising his most famous live action role? Apparently, he’s open to it.Though he had found plenty of success working as an actor…