Nope. Shrek is not part of Disney. Shrek the film and the franchise are owned by DreamWorks Animation LLC (aka DreamWorks) which is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures which is a division of NBCUniversal which is owned by Comcast. Therefore, Comcast owns Shrek, not The Walt Disney Company.
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA) (also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio owned by Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a subsidiary of Comcast.
In August 2016 the corporation was acquired by NBC Universal (also known as NBCUniversal), a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, which was originally a cable television operator. Owing to the slow pace of animated feature production, the first two DreamWorks Animation features were not released until 1998.
Following the unprecedented success of Shrek and Shrek 2, DreamWorks Animation continued to expand the Shrek universe with several sequels and spin-offs, including Shrek the Third (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), Oscar®-nominated Puss in Boots (2011) and Oscar®-nominated Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
On November 27, 2013, Walt Disney Animation Studios released its 53rd feature film, Frozen—which quickly snowballed into an Oscar®-winning, $1.29 billion blockbuster that continues to enchant fans around the world a decade later.
Everyone who didn't work out on another (DreamWorks) project got sent onto Shrek.” At the time, DreamWorks Animation was headed by Jeffrey Katzenberg, who left Disney in 1994 after the two sides endured a public and acrimonious divorce.
The reason that “Ice Age” and “Rio” are on Disney+ is because Disney acquired the animation studio that made those franchises, Blue Sky, as part of a much larger deal where they bought most of the former 21st Century Fox.
DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and formerly DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film studio and distribution label of Amblin Partners.
Before Mike Myers took on the role of big green ogre Shrek, funnyman Chris Farley was set to voice the character. In newly surfaced audio tapes, the late comedian can be heard voicing the popular character prior to his 1997 death, along with Eddie Murphy, who voices Donkey.
As far as we're all concerned, their names are Fiona and Shrek Ogre because they're ogres. Other than that, neither of them ever had a last name mentioned in the movies.
Tensions between Katzenberg, Eisner and Disney resulted in Katzenberg leaving Disney upon conclusion of his work contract with the company in October 1994.
Robert A. Iger. Robert Alan Iger is Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, having returned to the company in November of 2022 after serving as CEO and Chairman from 2005 to 2020, and then as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board through 2021.
You very definitively said, "Elsa does not have a love interest in this movie." In the first movie, that was something that people found so refreshing. Was it something that was on the table or that you had to mull over for this one, whether you would introduce a boyfriend or a girlfriend or what have you?
According to Reddit user Petertwnsnd, there are actually at least two connections to the kingdom of Arendelle and tale of Frozen *woven* into Moana (literally)...but they're hard to spot. See, one of the tapestries in Moana actually contains an embroidered image of the snow monster that guards Elsa's castle.
Shrek 5 has reportedly been in development for a number of years, yet the DreamWorks sequel is still no closer to being released. Confirmation of a fifth Shrek film first came in 2016, when actor Eddie Murphy revealed that he would be returning to the role of Donkey.
The rumored release year for Shrek 5 is 2025, though no concrete date has been confirmed. Initially set for 2020, the movie faced delays, and updates on production have been sparse. Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri hinted at its development earlier this year but provided no production or release timeline.
