The Shrek franchise will celebrate its 25th anniversary when Shrek 5 arrives, as the original came out in 2001. It was followed by sequels Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek Forever After in 2004 ...

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, with ...

The donkey that inspired Eddie Murphy's iconic character in the Shrek franchise has died aged 30. Named Perry, the miniature donkey was born in 1994 but died after battling a hoof disease called ...

In the run-up to the release of “Shrek,” a celebrity emerged from a pasture in Palo Alto, California — Perry, a 5-year-old gray miniature donkey. Dozens of animators visited the pasture ...

Known as the inspiration for the character Donkey, voiced by comedy legend Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated classic “Shrek,” Perry was a beloved staple in the Palo Alto community, remembered ...

Shortly after Perry’s arrival, the group caring for the donkeys formalized as the Barron Park Donkey Project and became a nonprofit in 2001. It was the same year “Shrek” was released and ...

Memorial plans will be announced soon," it added. The first Shrek film was released in 2001 to massive critical success and won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It tells the story of a lonely ...

Perry, the beloved donkey who served as the real-life inspiration for Eddie Murphy’s animated character Donkey in the 2001 blockbuster Shrek, has died at the age of 30. His passing was confirmed ...

Perry was quite a celebrity, known for serving as the model of the character Donkey in 2001's "Shrek." Perry did not inspire Donkey, as the character had already been written, but rather ...

achieved fame when he apparently modelled for animators working on the Oscar-winning 2001 comedy. Voiced by Eddie Murphy, the talkative Donkey served as the sidekick to Shrek (Mike Myers ...

An iconic Shrek star, who inspired Eddie Murphy's Donkey ... the beloved character of Doneky on him for the original movie in 2001. It has now been confirmed that Perry, the donkey from ...