Shrek to be rebooted by Minions creator - AND THEY DONT STOP COMING AND THEY DONT STOP COMING AND THEY DONT STOP COMING AND THEY DONT STOP....

[Judge Holden]

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/shrek-puss-in-boots-reboot-1203020785/

“Shrek” and “Puss in Boots” are getting rebooted and Chris Meledandri, the man behind “Despicable Me,” is overseeing their revival.

Universal Pictures has tasked Meledandri with finding some fresh story lines to reintroduce the lovable ogre and the sword-wielding feline to new generations of moviegoers. One thing the animation guru doesn’t want to mess with is with the vocal performances. Part of the popularity of “Shrek” is attributable to a voice cast that included Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas, and in a lengthy profile in Variety, Meledandri says he would like to get the band back together.

“When you look back on those vocal performances they’re awesome, and while you certainly could make a case for a complete reinvention, I find myself responding to my own nostalgic feelings of wanting to go back to those characterizations,” explains Meledandri. “The challenge for us has been to find something that really does feel like it’s not simply yet another film in a series of sequels.”

The move comes after the studio’s parent company, Comcast, bought DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind “Shrek,” in 2016 for $3.8 billion. Initially, there had been speculation that Meledandri, whose Illumination Entertainment is co-owned by Universal, would be asked to oversee DreamWorks Entertainment. However, Meledandri says he came to feel that he couldn’t manage the two companies and still maintain the same level of quality in the films he makes.

“The way in which I work with my team to make movies is very intensive and hands-on, and it really doesn’t allow me the opportunity to think about running a second operation,” says Meledandri. “I love the process of making films and working with artists. I don’t think I’m particularly great at managing companies.”

Even though he hasn’t cracked the code on “Shrek,” Meledandri sounds confident that it’s only a matter of time before moviegoers get to revisit the magical fairy tale setting that made the original movies such a treat.

“There’s a tremendous amount of fun to be had in that world, but it’s a high bar to find a story that’s truly world,” said Meledandri. “You want to find something in the narrative that really feels like a departure.”

Illumination’s next film, “The Grinch,” opens in theaters on Friday.

 

[Monika H.]

Don't touch Shrek for Christ' sake, don't, DON'T

 

[Judge Holden]

Don't touch Shrek for Christ' sake, don't, DON'T

Shrek is gonna be raped harder than a Nanking toddler

(also I think somebody is still playing around with that monkey paw so keep an eye out for new franchises being sodomised in the near future)

 

[You Can't Sit With Us]

Shrek was always just as shitty as minions

 

[Judge Holden]

Shrek was always just as shitty as minions

You wouldnt be saying that.......Shrek is dreck now would you?

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Oh boy! Can't wait for reused assets and forced adverting-friendly "cute" characters that'll no doubt overshadow everything else about the movie.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

How do you reboot perfection?

 

[Scotsman]

For fuck's sake...

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Oh boy! Can't wait for reused assets and forced adverting-friendly "cute" characters that'll no doubt overshadow everything else about the movie.

The first despicable me is a good film tbh lads

 

[Adolf Von Merkel]

Both shrek and despicable me 1 are good movies

 

[8777BB5]

Shrek isn't even twenty years old yet, why on earth are we rebooting it? It would be like rebooting Lilo and Stich OH WAIT

 

[Red Hood]

I don't really like Shrek, I just liked the memes.

 

[Judge Holden]

I don't really like life, I just liked the memes.

FTFY

 

[break these cuffs]

Shrek isn't even twenty years old yet, why on earth are we rebooting it? It would be like rebooting Lilo and Stich OH WAIT

They reboot spiderman every 2 years.

 

[dunbrine47]

Time to watch some butmad memelords sperg out.

 

[Red Hood]

FTFY

You're not wrong.

But seriously I've seen the first Shrek one time ever. I didn't know it was a sacred cow.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Both shrek and despicable me 1 are good movies

Shrek annoys too much after seeing on VHS/DVD over and over with my younger siblings

 

[Judge Holden]

You're not wrong.

But seriously I've seen the first Shrek one time ever. I didn't know it was a sacred cow.

Its not....well it probably is to the usual autistic types....but the mayme culture around shrek dried up around 2015/2016 so the overwhelming opinion im seeing is "oh god did we REALLY need another fuckin reboot?"

Also found this on google. Ironic how the times change...

 

[Basketball Jones]

Shrek came out in 2001 and the last part of the franchise released in 2010. Puss in Boots came out a year later... And if I recall, by the time a 3rd Shrek movie was in production, people were already rolling their eyes and starting to beg for no more. Because it was too much; the horse was beaten and dead and the joke was tired. And now they decide to necro this shit out the grave less than a decade later?

IIRC the entire production of Shrek basically Katzenberg giving Disney the middle finger because he didn’t get promoted to president (Roy Disney was apparently quoted saying to Eisner, “if you make him president, I’ll start a proxy battle”) and was forced to leave the studio, but only after suing them for losses he felt he was owed and settling for $250mil... There’s a certain kind of mean-spirited vibe to the first movie hidden beneath pop-culture references, subversions of Disney troupes, and stellar voice-acting that I don’t think a reboot can emulate.

But I guess it’s not really about making anything “good” anymore...

 

[UnclePhil]

Well, damn. I was just thinking about how much I missed Shrek's face on every soda crate, cereal box, billboard, ink cartridge and roll of toilet paper.