About The Movie
General Information
Shrek the Third is a 2007 computer animated comedy film of the Shrek series. It is the third film in the series, following Shrek and Shrek 2. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007 (June 22 in Spain, June 15 in Brazil, June 13 in France and June 29 in the UK and Ireland).
It was produced with the working title of Shrek 3. Like the first two Shrek films, the movie is significantly based on fairy tale (specifically Grimm's Fairy Tales) themes.
Cast
Mike Myers as Shrek
Eddie Murphy as Donkey
Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona
Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots
Julie Andrews as Queen Lillian
John Cleese as King Harold
Rupert Everett as Prince Charming
Eric Idle as Merlin
Justin Timberlake as Arthur Pendragon
Conrad Vernon as Gingerbread Man / Rumpelstiltskin / Headless Horseman
Cody Cameron as Pinocchio / Three Pigs / Ogre Baby / Bohort
Larry King as Doris, the ugly stepsister
Amy Poehler as Snow White
Megan Hilty as The Singing voice of Snow White
Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel
Amy Sedaris as Cinderella
Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf
Cheri Oteri as Sleeping Beauty/Actress
Regis Philbin as Mabel the Ugly Stepsister
Ian McShane as Captain Hook
Susanne Blakeslee as Wicked Queen
Mark Valley as Cyclops
John Krasinski as Sir Lancelot
Andrew Birch as Evil Tree #1
Christopher Knights as Three Blind Mice / Heckler / Evil Tree #2 / Guard #2
Chris Miller as Stromboli / Announcer / Mascot / Singing Villain / Nanny Dwarf
Tom Kane as Guard #1
Seth Rogen as Ship Captain
Kari Wahlgren as Old Lady
Production
With Viacom's acquisition of DreamWorks SKG, Shrek the Third is the first Mike Myers film to be released by Paramount Pictures (which itself was bought by Viacom in 1994) since 1993's Wayne's World 2. On the 2004 show, Father of the Pride, Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy) was featured, solely to promote that Shrek 3 although he stated that it was to be released in 2006 rather than 2007.
Five actors from NBC's Saturday Night Live appear in the movie. Two actors, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, were current cast members at the time of the film's release; the remaining three are Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cheri Oteri. Two members of the Monty Python troupe, John Cleese and Eric Idle, provide voices in the film. Cleese has reprised his role as King Harold, while Idle provides the voice for the new character Merlin.
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