Shrek the Third (also known as Shrek 3) is a 2007 American animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig. Directed by Chris Miller (in his feature directorial debut) and co-directed by Raman Hui from a screenplay by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Miller, and Aron Warner, the film is set after the events of Shrek 2 (2004) and is the third installment in the Shrek film series. The film features Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese reprising their voice roles from the previous films, along with new additions Justin Timberlake as Arthur Pendragon and Eric Idle as Merlin. In the film, Prince Charming is plotting to overthrow Shrek and Fiona, who have inherited the throne following King Harold's death. Shrek has no interest in ruling the kingdom and attempts to convince Fiona's underachieving 16-year-old cousin Artie to reign instead.
Following the success of Shrek 2, the third and fourth Shrek films, along with plans for a final, fifth film, were announced in May 2004 by Jeffrey Katzenberg: "Shrek 3 and 4 are going to reveal other unanswered questions and, finally, in the last chapter, we will understand how Shrek came to be in that swamp, when we meet him in the first movie."[5]
Shrek the Third opened in 4,122 North American cinemas on May 18, 2007, grossing $38 million on its first day, which was the biggest opening day for an animated film at the time. It grossed a total of $121.6 million in its first weekend, the best opening weekend ever for an animated film, and the second-highest opening for a film in the United States in 2007, behind Spider-Man 3.[12] It held the animated opening weekend record for nine years until it was surpassed by Finding Dory's $135.1 million debut.[13] At the time, its opening weekend was the third-highest of all time in these regions.[14]
Shrek the Third grossed $322.7 million in the United States, and $490.7 million overseas, bringing its cumulative total to $813.4 million.[3] The film was the fourth-highest-grossing film worldwide of 2007, and the second-highest-grossing film in the United States that year. In addition, it was the highest-grossing animated film of 2007, and the third-highest-grossing animated film ever, trailing only behind Finding Nemo and Shrek 2.[15] The film sold an estimated 46,907,000 tickets in North America.[16]
prince charming: you! you can't lie! so tell me puppet... where... is... shrek?
pinocchio: uh. hmm, well, uh, I don't know where he's not
charming: you're telling me you don't know where shrek is?
pinocchio: it wouldn't be inaccurate to assume that I couldn't exactly not say that it is or isn't almost partially incorrect.
charming: so you do know where he is!
pinocchio: on the contrary. I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that I undeniably
charming: stop it!
pinocchio: ...do or do not know where he shouldn't probably be, if that indeed wasn't where he isn't. even if he wasn't at where i knew he was that'd mean i'd really have to know where he wasn't
Shrek the Third (also simply known as Shrek 3) is a 2007 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Chris Miller and co-directed by Raman Hui. It is the third installment in the Shrek film franchise and serves as a sequel to Shrek 2. The premiered at the Mann Village Theatre, Westwood in Los Angeles on May 6, 2007, and was released in the United States on May 18, 2007.
Shrek the Third also known as Shrek 3 is a 2007 DreamWorks animated film, and the third and penultimate film in the Shrek franchise, following Shrek and Shrek 2. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation, and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007 (exactly 6 years after the first Shrek).
Rumpelstiltskin is a minor antagonist in DreamWorks' 14th full-length animated feature film Shrek the Third, the third installment of the Shrek film series. Based on the original fairytale character, he is part of Prince Charming's army that helps him in his takeover of Far Far Away.
Shrek the Third (or Shrek III, also known as Shrek 3,) is a 2007 film in which, after being reluctantly designated as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away, Shrek hatches a plan to install the rebellious Artie as the new king while Princess Fiona tries to fend off a coup d'état by the jilted Prince Charming. Shrek was a first sequel in 2001, Shrek 2 was a second sequel in 2004, and Shrek Forever After was a third sequel in 2010.
If Rumpelstiltskin was actually working with both Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming the whole time, all three of the Shrek sequels would have more depth, making them feel far more unified. Additionally, this would also explain why there is a character called Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek the Third despite his obvious differences to the villain of the same name who appears in the next movie. Stiltskin could well have actually been working with the villains of the second and third Shrek movies after finding out who foiled his plan to steal the kingdom of Far, Far Away from Harold and Lillian: Shrek.
The third installment in the Shrek tetralogy, Shrek the Third was released in 2007 by DreamWorks Animation, serving as a direct sequel to Shrek 2. This is also marking the first Shrek film distributed by Paramount Pictures after DWA's distribution agreements with Paramount. This would be followed by Shrek Forever After (2010).
Doug (vo): Well, you know I wasn't a big fan of the first Shrek film, but I absolutely adored the second one. So I didn't really know what to expect with the third one. Would they up the ante or take a giant step backwards? (pause as Doug smacks his lips) A giant step backwards. Right down to the villain being one that we already had: Prince Charming. Yeah, that's right. Half of the evil duo from the last movie. It's kind of like the Riddler and Two-Face being the criminals in one movie, and in the next one, it's just...Two-Face. But that's not the only reason to not like the movie. The dialogue is clumsy, the characters, awkward, the pacing, pretty inconsistent, and the jokes...not all that funny. Okay, so what's going on in this film? Actually, what isn't going on?
Still, the third time is invariably lucky, and by 2007 the game may very well resemble the film to an unprecedented degree; indeed, the likelihood is that Shrek 3 will be a next-generation title, since Activision isn't discussing platforms and it's widely thought that Xbox 2, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution will all be on the market by that time.
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