Shrek the Third News

'Shrek the Third' Leads 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Movie Category

February 08, 2008 12:02:26

The big green ogre tale series "Shrek the Third" has led the nominations of 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards as the Dream Works' animation comedy nailed 4 nods at the slimiest event of the year. On Thursday, February 7, the animation set in the land of Far, Far Away gathered a count for Favorite Animated Movie as well as three gongs in Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie category for Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy.

Aside from "Shrek", there are four other movies which landed multiple nominations at the Nickelodeon cable network's event, they are "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End", "Are We Done Yet?", "Bee Movie" and "Spider-Man 3". "Pirates" nabbed three counts, whereas the rest gained double nominations each.

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Shrek Goes to Broadway!

January 19, 2008 12:01:11

While "Shrek Goes Fourth", the fourth installment of DreamWorks' hit animated film series, is said to be underway, it was announced that the original "Shrek" will move from a land not so far, far away to Broadway. On Thursday, January 17, DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd announced that the successful comedy animation will begin its musical journey in an exclusive world premiere engagement at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14 to September 21.

Entitled "Shrek the Musical", the musical version of the animated film is based on the story and characters from William Steig's book "Shrek!" as well as the DreamWorks Animation first film "Shrek" which hit the theaters in summer 2001. It will have Jason Moore, who staged the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, "Avenue Q", as its director and other awards-winning crews, while casting and additional members of the creative team will be announced shortly.

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Shrek the Third Back as Box Office Champ Overseas

September 04, 2007 02:09:18

Turns out the green ogre still proves mighty over a contract assassin and an extraordinary rat.

Scoring an estimated weekend haul of $17.2 million from 24 territories, "Shrek the Third" successfully retained its No.1 movie title after becoming top debuts in Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden for collecting $10.8 million, $1.9 million, $1.8 million, and $1.4 million, respectively.

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"Shrek the Third" Takes in $640 Million Worldwide

July 10, 2007 12:07:11

Succeeded in becoming the largest domestic debut ever for an animated film, "Shrek The Third" appears to be unstoppable indeed in drawing a huge pile of cash into its pocket since its theatrical release in May.

Remains strong despite the arrivals of several other blockbuster titles, the DreamWorks Animation production has smoothly managed to collect an estimated $35 million weekend take from 6,114 locations across 53 territories to raise its international gross to $324 million. Combining that with the current U.S. box office total of $316 million, its cumulative worldwide tally now superbly stands at $640 million for sure.

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"Shrek" Topples "Pirates" in Global Battle

June 18, 2007 03:06:19

After reigning for three weeks, time has come now for the Pirates to retreat and leaves the throne for the green ogre to claim.

Manages to rack up a superb tally of $46 million from 3,693 screens in 36 markets, "Shrek the Third" triumphantly goes past "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End" to take over the top position on weekend international box office ended June 17, 2007 after the seafaring tale proves to fare lower with $32.6 million it has garnered from 17,500 screens in 103 territories.

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Weekend North American Box Office of May 18-20, 2007

May 21, 2007 11:05:36

Blockbuster franchise continues to work its magic toward the moviegoers and this time, it's "Shrek the Third" turn to capture the majority of attention to claim itself as the new champ on weekend domestic box office running May 18-20, 2007.

Plays broadly to general and family audience, the third installment of the big green ogre's tale superbly hits high at $121.6 million in its three-day opening, thereby goes past its predecessor of 2004's "Shrek 2" to break the series' own record for best debut ever for an animated feature. The Thursday previews counted, "Shrek the Third" in total collects $122.5 million apart from the $13.3 million drawn from four overseas markets of Russia, Ukraine, Romania and the Philippines.

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Shrek Featured on McDonald's Healthy Happy Meal

May 09, 2007 03:05:25

By this weekend, the face of our beloved Ogre can be found in every McDonald's outlet all around the country for sure.

That's true, McDonald's. Corp and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind the upcoming "Shrek the Third" movie, have struck a deal allowing the former to feature Shrek, Donkey, and other characters from the animated film in selling its Happy Meals and other food.

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A Shining "Shrek the Third" World Premiere

May 07, 2007 04:05:00

The morning on Sunday, May 6 became blindingly bright as a number of Hollywood celebrities cheerfully walked down the green carpet to attend the world premiere of "Shrek the Third", the latest installment of the kind-hearted ogre tale slated for a theatrical release on May 18.

Original voice cast members delightfully gathered with the new ones to attend the event with cameras whirring and reporters posing questions endlessly, but it was former hot couple Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake who gained most attention there since the screening marked the first major media event at which they've been photographed together since the breakup.

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New "Shrek the Third" Trailer Strikes the Web

May 05, 2007 10:05:37

The coming of "Shrek the Third" is only within two weeks yet it does not mean that there is no new look for fans to take a sneak peek at.

Yes, in counting the days to the release of the highly-anticipated animated flick, a new trailer has been exclusively posted online at Moviefone in High Definition. Apart from the clip, the site also provides character guide and previous trailers of the movie as well as funny games that the visitors can play.

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"Shrek the Third" New Trailer on the Web

February 09, 2007 11:02:24

Coming closer to the launch of its highly anticipated flick "Shrek the Third" in theaters, DreamWorks Animation has delightfully made a follow-up to the previously released teaser trailer of the movie.

The company has smoothly placed a new trailer of the animated feature online at Moviefone after debuting it during the airing of the sixth season of "American Idol" on Wednesday night, February 7. Those who missed it on TV now can take a look on http://movies.aol.com/movie/shrek-the-third/21802/main.

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New "Shrek the Third" Teaser Trailer Coming to the Web

December 15, 2006 02:12:11

Gearing things up for the coming of its highly anticipated sequel "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation has smoothly launched a new version of the teaser trailer for the movie, the studio itself has officially announced.

Available in AOL Players format, those who want to take a look on it can go to http://movies.aol.com/movie/shrek-the-third/21802/main. In addition, the flick's official website on http://www.shrekthethird.com/ has also been updated with some new downloads.

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Stars Added to the Cast of "Shrek the Third"

July 14, 2006 10:07:44

DreamWorks Animation announced Thursday July 13th, that the final cast for its upcoming computer-animated comedy "Shrek the Third" has been set. The studio will keep maintaining the flick's original cast from "Shrek" and "Shrek 2", Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews and John Cleese.

Joining the cast for "Shrek the Third" is an all-new ensemble of actors and comedians. They among others are Amy Sedaris as Cinderella, Amy Poehler as Snow White, Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel and Cheri Oteri as Sleeping Beauty. Also joining the hit animated comedy's cast are Ian McShane as Captain Hook, John Krasinski as Sir Lancelot, and Monty Python veteran Eric Idle as Merlin the magician.

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It Is All About Shrek the Third

March 22, 2006 03:03:10

Finally, DreamWorks Animation has come to a bold decision in naming the third "Shrek" installment "Shrek the Third". The comedy animation is slated to hit theaters on May 18th next year.

Fill in the voice of the film characters are Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas and Justin Timberlake.

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posted by Kuekrrme on Jul 14, 2009

the original was the only REAL shrek.

posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009