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Universal looking to revive the Shrek franchise

June 16, 2016 by Gary Collinson

It’s been six years since Shrek last graced the big screen, but it looks like the lovable ogre could be set for more adventures, with NBC Universal announcing plans to revive the animated franchise following Comcast’s recent acquisition of DreamWorks Animation.

According to Deadline, Universal plans to give creative control of its animated output to Illumination Entertainment’s Chris Meledandri (Despicable Me, Minions), and “he is creatively going to try to help us figure out how to resurrect Shrek and take a lot of the existing DreamWorks franchises and add value as we create new franchises.”

The first Shrek was released in 2011 and was followed by the sequels Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After, along with the 2011 spinoff Puss in Boots. It also spawned the short film Shrek 4-D and television specials Shrek the Halls and Scared Shrekless.

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Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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