{"id":1511,"date":"2025-08-12T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=507135"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they&#8217;ve clocked the real reason why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The child inside us all let out the biggest scream this morning when the horrific news came out that Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027 &#8211; absolute agony. It&#8217;s been a hideous amount of years since the world got a new film about everyone&#8217;s fave Scottish ogre, and the world yearns for more adventures with Shrek, Fiona and Donkey. All we&#8217;ve had so far is<a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/2025\/02\/28\/all-the-jarring-details-in-the-shrek-5-trailer-that-prove-why-we-all-cant-stand-to-look-at-it\"> a teaser trailer which lowkey got dragged<\/a> because of Shrek and Fiona&#8217;s gen z daughter. But perhaps it&#8217;s for the best that it got pushed back, since people online think they&#8217;ve cracked the real reason Shrek 5 has actually been delayed and honestly it kind of makes sense.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Shrek 5 was originally set for release in December 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The first look trailer for Shrek 5 first got released in February of this year, and it&#8217;s safe to say the response was mixed. Many thought the animation style update to the film made it lose a lot of its charm, and the addition and appearance of Zendaya&#8217;s role as Felicia &#8211; Shrek and Fiona&#8217;s daughter &#8211; was critiqued quite heavily. The film was getting comparisons to the Sonic films, which is not good at all let&#8217;s face it.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this backlash, people think the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed is because when that trailer dropped the entire internet was not only dissatisfied with the vibe but very quick to &#8220;guess&#8221; the entire plot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This happened because everyone guessed the plot so now they have to do the film from scratch, LMAO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r01OWpFMx6\">https:\/\/t.co\/r01OWpFMx6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antonio Chavez (@NewsM101) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsM101\/status\/1955016108077092968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whilst there&#8217;s no official word on why Shrek 5 has been delayed, the sleuths of Twitter have a theory that the reason the film got pushed back is because everyone guessed the full plot. The guesses at the time basically assumed a &#8220;predictable plot for Shrek 5: Shrek as an overprotective dad to teenage daughter Felicia, who rebels and seeks independence from the swamp. Conflicts arise, Shrek gets in trouble, she saves him, leading to lessons in acceptance\u2014with Donkey jokes, pop songs, and pop culture nods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whilst there&#8217;s no evidence that suggests this is the concrete reason why Universal delayed the film, it will be interesting to see if there are any major changes to the vibe of Shrek 5 when it does come out after reflecting on all the criticism the first looks of the movie got this year.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more \u2013<i>\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thetabglobal\/?locale=en_GB\"><i>like The Tab on Facebook<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shrek 5 is now really Far, Far Away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4,97,39],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-film","tag-shrek","tag-viral"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People think they know real reason Shrek 5 delayed until 2027<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People online think they&#039;ve clocked the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed with the film pushed back until 2027 officially.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they&#039;ve clocked the real reason why\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People online think they&#039;ve clocked the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed with the film pushed back until 2027 officially.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Film Shrine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T11:48:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Brocklehurst\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Brocklehurst\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/\",\"name\":\"People think they know real reason Shrek 5 delayed until 2027\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T11:48:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#\/schema\/person\/0a116a8251d50022a429828408ec2332\"},\"description\":\"People online think they've clocked the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed with the film pushed back until 2027 officially.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they&#8217;ve clocked the real reason why\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/\",\"name\":\"Film Shrine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#\/schema\/person\/0a116a8251d50022a429828408ec2332\",\"name\":\"Harrison Brocklehurst\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/1f4c5d74ff812c8630533cf8a63f7d34\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f661a40615d7ed563053db76db963bb654763287d4d52c0178ce2c9f8dd4de3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f661a40615d7ed563053db76db963bb654763287d4d52c0178ce2c9f8dd4de3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Harrison Brocklehurst\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/author\/harrison_brocklehurst\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"People think they know real reason Shrek 5 delayed until 2027","description":"People online think they've clocked the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed with the film pushed back until 2027 officially.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they've clocked the real reason why","og_description":"People online think they've clocked the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed with the film pushed back until 2027 officially.","og_url":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","og_site_name":"Film Shrine","article_published_time":"2025-08-12T11:48:09+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Harrison Brocklehurst","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Harrison Brocklehurst","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","url":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","name":"People think they know real reason Shrek 5 delayed until 2027","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-12T11:48:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#\/schema\/person\/0a116a8251d50022a429828408ec2332"},"description":"People online think they've clocked the real reason Shrek 5 has been delayed with the film pushed back until 2027 officially.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they&#8217;ve clocked the real reason why"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/","name":"Film Shrine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#\/schema\/person\/0a116a8251d50022a429828408ec2332","name":"Harrison Brocklehurst","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/1f4c5d74ff812c8630533cf8a63f7d34","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f661a40615d7ed563053db76db963bb654763287d4d52c0178ce2c9f8dd4de3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f661a40615d7ed563053db76db963bb654763287d4d52c0178ce2c9f8dd4de3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Harrison Brocklehurst"},"url":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/author\/harrison_brocklehurst\/"}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/filmshrine.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they&#8217;ve clocked the real reason why","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/08\/12\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-53.jpg"},"articleSection":"Entertainment","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harrison Brocklehurst"}],"creator":["Harrison Brocklehurst"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Film Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-The-Tab_Film-Shrine_Favicon.png"},"keywords":["film","shrek","viral"],"dateCreated":"2025-08-12T11:48:09Z","datePublished":"2025-08-12T11:48:09Z","dateModified":"2025-08-12T11:48:09Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Shrek 5 has been pushed back to 2027, and people think they&#8217;ve clocked the real reason why\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/filmshrine\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/12\\\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/filmshrine\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/12\\\/shrek-5-has-been-pushed-back-to-2027-and-people-think-theyve-clocked-the-real-reason-why\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.filmshrine.com\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/unnamed-53.jpg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.filmshrine.com\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/unnamed-53.jpg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Entertainment\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Harrison Brocklehurst\"}],\"creator\":[\"Harrison Brocklehurst\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Film Shrine\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.filmshrine.com\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/cropped-The-Tab_Film-Shrine_Favicon.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"film\",\"shrek\",\"viral\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-08-12T11:48:09Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T11:48:09Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-12T11:48:09Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/filmshrine.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}