Universal Pictures will release two of its biggest animated film franchises in 2026, as Minions 3 has been bumped up from 2027, which has delayed Shrek 5 back to a December release. When Shrek 5 ...

On Friday, Universal announced it had pushed Shrek 5 back from its original July 1, 2026 slot to December 23 that same year. Minions 3 now has Shrek’s original spot; Illumination’s threequel ...

In its place, Universal will open Illumination’s “Minions 3,” which was previously supposed to come out a year later (June 30, 2027). That’s the kind of chaotic scheduling a minion would ...

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation ... At the same time, the studio said Friday it is moving up Illumination’s Minions 3 from June 30, 2027 to Shrek 5‘s previous July 2026 date.

Shrek and the Minions will both be on the big screen in 2026. Universal Pictures announced Friday that the highly-anticipated animated movies are swapping their theatrical release dates ...

This is per the doomspeakers over at Deadline, who revealed that Universal has forestalled the birth of the long-gestating Shrek 5, delaying it from a July 2026 release to Christmas of that same year.

Universal Pictures has delayed Shrek 5 by a few months to December 23, 2026 while putting Despicable 3 spin-off Minions 3 in its original slot. As reported by Variety, Minions 3 will therefore now ...